A Prison Scene

Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK · 42.9 x 31.7 cm

Tenebrous Crepuscule
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
A Prison Scene by Francisco Goya

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
17.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
5.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#2D2824 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 69°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 17.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 5.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 17.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Prison Scene" (1808) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Mauve and Dusty Pink. One color carries 41% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #DAD1C0 pulls the eye.

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