Mrs. Albert Vickers

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, US · 208.3 x 99.1 cm

Tenebrous Basalt
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Mrs. Albert Vickers by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
18.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#2D2A33 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 304°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 18.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 18.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mrs. Albert Vickers" (1884) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Warm Grey. One color carries 36% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #D7B493 pulls the eye.

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