A Mermaid

Royal Academy of Arts (RA), London, UK · 96.52 x 66.68 cm

Brooding Crepuscule
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
25.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#423A40 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 340°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 25.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 25.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Mermaid" (1900) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Mauve and Dusty Pink. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E6D4C2 pulls the eye.

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