Johannes Wolff

Fogg Museum (Harvard Art Museums), Cambridge, MA, US · 76.2 x 63.5 cm

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Johannes Wolff by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
18.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#39292F black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 0°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 18.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 18.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Johannes Wolff" (1897) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Purple. One color carries 70% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #E7A955 pulls the eye.

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