The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, US

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.
The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa by Grant Wood

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
44.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
31.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#95692A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 75°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 44.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa" (1931) reads as a shadowed, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #180E09 pulls the eye.

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