Sir William Hedworth Williamson

Private Collection · 52.71 x 27.94 cm

Brooding Lichen
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Sir William Hedworth Williamson by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
3.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#60645F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 141°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 3.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sir William Hedworth Williamson" (1924) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #CACDCC pulls the eye.

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