St.Joan

Private Collection

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
St.Joan by John William Waterhouse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#635A56 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 44°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"St.Joan" reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. One color carries 94% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #E4B17A pulls the eye.

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