Aurora Leigh

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, US

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Aurora Leigh by John White Alexander

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
25.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#3F3B30 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 96°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 25.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 25.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Aurora Leigh" (1904) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Cream. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #372214 pulls the eye.

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