Brother and Sister

Private Collection · 80 x 179 cm

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.
Brother and Sister by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#686949 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 107°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Brother and Sister" (1887) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #263314 pulls the eye.

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