Mother and Child in a Boat

Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, MA, US · 76.52 x 88.9 cm

Lustrous Heather
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Mother and Child in a Boat by Edmund Charles Tarbell

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
60.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#A18E90 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 13°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 60.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 60.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mother and Child in a Boat" (1892) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Mauve. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #5F64A4 pulls the eye.

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