Dickens' Dream

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.
Dickens' Dream by Robert William Buss

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
58.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#948C7E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 88°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 58.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 58.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Dickens' Dream" (1875) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Mauve. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #DEDCE0 pulls the eye.

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