The painter

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada · 62 x 47.2 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 painter by Paul Peel

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
13.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
5.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#26201D black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 55°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 13.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 5.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 13.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The painter" (1880) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Amber. One color carries 52% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #581C1F pulls the eye.

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