Mrs Knowles and her Children

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, US · 182.8 x 151.13 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 Knowles and her Children by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#554B3B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 84°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mrs Knowles and her Children" (1902) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E9DCC3 pulls the eye.

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