The Spinet

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
The Spinet by Thomas Dewing

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
12.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#2B1A20 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 5°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 12.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 12.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Spinet" (1902) reads as a shadowed, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Purple. One color carries 87% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #3D1B20 pulls the eye.

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