Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany · 45 x 55 cm

Dusky Crepuscule
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Johannes Vermeer

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#5D5851 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 85°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace" (1660) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Mauve and Cream. One color carries 42% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #E2BF5F pulls the eye.

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