The Driving of the Last Spike

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 Driving of the Last Spike by Thomas Hill

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#6A573F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 77°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Driving of the Last Spike" (1881) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D7C376 pulls the eye.

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