The Snake Charmer

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, US · 84 x 122 cm

Brooding Sienna
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
The Snake Charmer by Jean-Leon Gerome

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#53585E gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 301°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Snake Charmer" (1879) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B2C9DC pulls the eye.

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