Summer Night

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 102 x 76.7 cm

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Summer Night by Winslow Homer

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
36.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#54554D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 116°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 36.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 36.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Summer Night" (1890) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Beige. One color carries 40% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #D7D5C5 pulls the eye.

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