A Roman Beggar Woman

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK · 100.3 x 75.2 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.
A Roman Beggar Woman by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
34.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
32.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#804C2F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 55°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 34.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Roman Beggar Woman" (1857) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D0BD7F pulls the eye.

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