Egyptian Chess Players

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema ·1865 · Romanticism · genre painting

Private Collection · 55.5 x 40.5 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Egyptian Chess Players by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
24.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#4F3230 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 31°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 24.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 24.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Egyptian Chess Players" (1865) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Blue and Dusty Pink. One color carries 61% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #CEA992 pulls the eye.

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