Boys on a River Bank

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia

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.
Boys on a River Bank by Paul Serusier

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
32.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
21.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#816536 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 79°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 32.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Boys on a River Bank" (1906) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches.

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