The Egyptian Widow

Lustrous Stone
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
The Egyptian Widow by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
18.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#7D5C51 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 42°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Egyptian Widow" (1872) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E8D5AF pulls the eye.

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