Strigils and Sponges

British Museum, London, UK

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.
Strigils and Sponges by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
55.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#9E8069 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 64°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 55.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 55.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Strigils and Sponges" (1879) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #372829 pulls the eye.

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