A maid asleep

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City, NY, US · 87.6 x 76.5 cm

Smoldering Sienna
Smoldering Suppressed heat in dark register - low-key with a warm undertone, ember-like.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
A maid asleep by Johannes Vermeer

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
17.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#33281E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 72°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 17.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 17.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A maid asleep" (1656) reads as a deep, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #502B1A pulls the eye.

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