Peat digging

Private Collection · 54.1 x 33 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.
Peat digging by Paula Modersohn-Becker

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
35.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#565336 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 102°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 35.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 35.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Peat digging" (1900) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #6DAAA7 pulls the eye.

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