The Garden of the Hesperides

Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, UK

Lustrous Mellow
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
The Garden of the Hesperides by Frederic Leighton

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#937566 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 52°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Garden of the Hesperides" (1892) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C89C5D pulls the eye.

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