The Song of the Lark

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US · 110.6 x 85.8 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
The Song of the Lark by Jules Breton

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#6C5F4B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 82°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Song of the Lark" (1884) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E0B17C pulls the eye.

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