Benjamin Franklin

National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, USA

Soft Tawny
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
cool
Dominant Hue
#554E44 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 0°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L —
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C —
grayvivid

Palette Analysis

"Benjamin Franklin" (1785) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. One color carries 74% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition.

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