Golden sunlight

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Golden sunlight by Frederick McCubbin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#8C785F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 75°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Golden sunlight" (1914) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #7D8ECF pulls the eye.

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