The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, US

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.
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
40.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
30.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#9E723E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 72°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 40.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Burning of the Houses of Parliament" (1834) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #535A55 pulls the eye.

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