Pompeian Scene or The Siesta

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain · 130 x 360 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.
Pompeian Scene or The Siesta by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
34.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#545147 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 95°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 34.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 34.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Pompeian Scene or The Siesta" (1868) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Beige. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #6E5C3F pulls the eye.

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