Mrs Joshua Montgomery Sears (Sarah Choate)

Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), Houston, TX, US · 47.6 x 96.8 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Mrs Joshua Montgomery Sears (Sarah Choate) by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#5C5651 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 62°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mrs Joshua Montgomery Sears (Sarah Choate)" (1899) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Beige. One color carries 41% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #C3865F pulls the eye.

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