Calvary

Yale Centre For British Art (Yale University), New Haven, CT, US

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.
Calvary by John Martin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
17.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#312722 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 51°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 17.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 17.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Calvary" (1840) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Warm Grey. One color carries 79% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #AB8C72 pulls the eye.

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