The Sonnet

National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, Australia

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
The Sonnet by George Washington Lambert

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#625B45 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 94°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Sonnet" (1907) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C7AE86 pulls the eye.

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