Vernon Lee

Tate Britain, London, UK · 53.7 x 43.2 cm

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Vernon Lee by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#64483B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 50°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Vernon Lee" (1881) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Beige. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #D7B182 pulls the eye.

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