Violet Resting on the Grass

24.76 x 34.29 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.
Violet Resting on the Grass by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
31.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#434B55 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 284°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 31.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 31.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Violet Resting on the Grass" (1889) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #304496 pulls the eye.

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