Truth Lies at the Bottom of the Well

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.
Truth Lies at the Bottom of the Well by Frances Macdonald

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#645F56 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 89°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Truth Lies at the Bottom of the Well" (1912) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #3B3C48 pulls the eye.

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