Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 162.5 x 144.3 cm

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.
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother by James McNeill Whistler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
4.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#484D47 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 143°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 4.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother" (1871) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Beige. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #F8F2EA pulls the eye.

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