Expectations

Private Collection · 45 x 66.1 cm

Gleaming Calico
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Expectations by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
65.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#A19FA5 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 320°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 65.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 65.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Expectations" (1885) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #467AB2 pulls the eye.

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