Mrs. Charles Hunter (Mary Smyth)

Tate Britain, London, UK · 148 x 89.5 cm

Sepulchral Basalt
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Mrs. Charles Hunter (Mary Smyth) by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
20.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
12.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#3F2C2E gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 17°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 20.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 20.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mrs. Charles Hunter (Mary Smyth)" (1898) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Amber. One color carries 51% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #F1C578 pulls the eye.

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