The Honorable Laura Lister

Fogg Museum (Harvard Art Museums), Cambridge, MA, US · 171.5 x 114.3 cm

Smoldering Crepuscule
Smoldering Suppressed heat in dark register - low-key with a warm undertone, ember-like.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
The Honorable Laura Lister by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
17.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#382624 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 33°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 17.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 17.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Honorable Laura Lister" (1896) reads as a deep, mid-saturation warm palette built around Purple and Amber. One color carries 33% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #E7C55B pulls the eye.

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