The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot

Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK · 86.3 x 142.2 cm

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.
The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot by John William Waterhouse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
30.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#4E464A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 345°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 30.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 30.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot" (1894) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation balanced palette built around Dusty Pink and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C6B798 pulls the eye.

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