Mrs. Hugh Hammersley

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US · 205.74 x 114.8 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Mrs. Hugh Hammersley by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
30.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
29.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#85533B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 52°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 30.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mrs. Hugh Hammersley" (1892) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E3B172 pulls the eye.

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