Between Venus and Bacchus

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, US

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Between Venus and Bacchus by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
56.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
29.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
21.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#A47E6F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 47°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 56.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 29.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 56.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Between Venus and Bacchus" (1882) reads as a mid, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #3B508D pulls the eye.

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