Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami (The Arnolfini Marriage) (detail)

National Gallery, London, UK

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami (The Arnolfini Marriage) (detail) by Jan van Eyck

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
28.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
27.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#855544 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 45°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 28.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami (The Arnolfini Marriage) (detail)" (1434) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #565569 pulls the eye.

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