Self Portrait

National Portrait Gallery, London, UK · 152.4 x 127.6 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.
Self Portrait by Laura Knight

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
32.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#814B38 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 47°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Self Portrait" (1913) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #7D1E13 pulls the eye.

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