The Beguiling of Merlin (Merlin and Vivien)

Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, UK · 111 x 186 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
The Beguiling of Merlin (Merlin and Vivien) by Edward Burne-Jones

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#675845 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 77°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Beguiling of Merlin (Merlin and Vivien)" (1870) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #462F1C pulls the eye.

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