The Charmer

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.
The Charmer by John William Waterhouse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
35.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#515546 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 117°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 35.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 35.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Charmer" (1911) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #CCB99D pulls the eye.

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