Diogenes

Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney, Australia · 134.6 x 208.3 cm

Veiled Calico
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Diogenes by John William Waterhouse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#76726F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 59°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Diogenes" (1882) reads as a mid, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Mauve. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #5F7A9A pulls the eye.

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