Girl Reading

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Girl Reading by Edward E. Simmons

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
25.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#3E3C3F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 340°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 25.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 25.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Girl Reading" (1893) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Mauve. One color carries 47% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #C5B48F pulls the eye.

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