The Rokeby Venus

National Gallery, London, UK · 122.5 x 177 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.
The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#59483E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 57°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Rokeby Venus" (1644) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #511E21 pulls the eye.

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