Courtyard of a house in Delft

National Gallery, London, UK · 60 x 73.5 cm

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Courtyard of a house in Delft by Pieter de Hooch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#8C7267 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 49°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Courtyard of a house in Delft" (1658) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #CAC8CF pulls the eye.

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