Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May

Private Collection · 83 x 100 cm

Dusky Tawny
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May by John William Waterhouse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
36.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#5E5344 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 80°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 36.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 36.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May" (1908) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #3C4C59 pulls the eye.

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