Death of the Pharaoh Firstborn son

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands · 124.5 x 77 cm

Sepulchral Basalt
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Death of the Pharaoh Firstborn son by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
10.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#221914 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 61°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 10.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 10.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Death of the Pharaoh Firstborn son" (1872) reads as a deep, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Amber and Blue. One color carries 39% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #936423 pulls the eye.

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