Portrait of Katharine Chase Shapleigh

Worcester Art Museum (WAM), Worcester, MA, UK · 101.6 x 76.5 cm

Veiled Slate
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Portrait of Katharine Chase Shapleigh by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#756C6D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 16°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of Katharine Chase Shapleigh" (1890) reads as a mid, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Cool Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #B57E67 pulls the eye.

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