In the Simplon Pass

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US · 35.88 x 52.39 cm

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
In the Simplon Pass by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
68.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#B7A68D orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 80°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 68.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 68.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"In the Simplon Pass" (1910) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C1C6E7 pulls the eye.

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