Sapho (Young girl in a Pompeian interior)

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland · 108 x 72 cm

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Sapho (Young girl in a Pompeian interior) by Charles Gleyre

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#4F3C2E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 64°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sapho (Young girl in a Pompeian interior)" (1867) reads as a deep, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Beige. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #3D433C pulls the eye.

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