The Ironworkers' Noontime

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, US · 60.6 x 43.2 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
The Ironworkers' Noontime by Thomas Pollock Anshutz

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
24.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#3F3731 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 67°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 24.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 24.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Ironworkers' Noontime" (1880) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Slate. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #DBA379 pulls the eye.

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