A Girl reading a letter by Candlelight, with a Young Man peering over her shoulder

Private Collection · 69.8 x 88.9 cm

Sepulchral Schist
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
A Girl reading a letter by Candlelight, with a Young Man peering over her shoulder by Joseph Wright

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
19.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#2F2E2C black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 68°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 19.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 19.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Girl reading a letter by Candlelight, with a Young Man peering over her shoulder" (1762) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Slate. One color carries 44% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #E0B178 pulls the eye.

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