Mrs. Daniel Sargent Curtis

Spencer Museum of Art (University of Kansas), Lawrence, KS, US · 71.1 x 53.3 cm

Brooding Sienna
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Mrs. Daniel Sargent Curtis by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
10.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
4.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#1A1A1C black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 319°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 10.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 4.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 10.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mrs. Daniel Sargent Curtis" (1882) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Amber and Slate. One color carries 94% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #F4D7AF pulls the eye.

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