Violet Sleeping

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US · 37.21 x 54.36 cm

Lustrous Sienna
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Violet Sleeping by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
24.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#9C6F63 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 40°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Violet Sleeping" (1908) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #DFB281 pulls the eye.

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