Modesty

Private Collection · 72.5 x 160.5 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Modesty by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#6A624E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 90°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Modesty" (1902) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D8CCA2 pulls the eye.

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