Mrs. William Playfair

153.7 x 99.1 cm

Brooding Crepuscule
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Mrs. William Playfair by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
25.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#49393E gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 1°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 25.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 25.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mrs. William Playfair" (1887) reads as a deep, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Mauve and Dusty Pink. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #F9E5B2 pulls the eye.

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