Woman Reading a Letter

Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary · 55 x 55 cm

Smoldering Stone
Smoldering Suppressed heat in dark register - low-key with a warm undertone, ember-like.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Woman Reading a Letter by Pieter de Hooch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
20.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#3C2F25 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 64°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 20.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 20.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Woman Reading a Letter" (1675) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Beige. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #AB7332 pulls the eye.

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