Egyptian Water Jars

25.4 x 35.56 cm

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Egyptian Water Jars by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
68.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#B0A79A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 75°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 68.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 68.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Egyptian Water Jars" (1885) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Beige. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #2C3372 pulls the eye.

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