The Pastoral Recreation

Private Collection · 163 x 114 cm

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
The Pastoral Recreation by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
30.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#45473E gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 105°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 30.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 30.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Pastoral Recreation" (1868) reads as a deep, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Cream and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E5D5BA pulls the eye.

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