Italian Boy with Mandolin

100.3 x 83.2 cm

Smoldering Sienna
Smoldering Suppressed heat in dark register - low-key with a warm undertone, ember-like.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Italian Boy with Mandolin by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
18.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#352B23 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 68°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 18.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 18.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Italian Boy with Mandolin" (1870) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. One color carries 39% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #502018 pulls the eye.

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