The Roman Potter

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema ·1884 · Romanticism · genre painting

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
The Roman Potter by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
25.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#5E371F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 56°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Roman Potter" (1884) reads as a deep, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #F2D891 pulls the eye.

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