Portrait of the Artist

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), Montreal, Canada · 38.5 x 46.5 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.
Portrait of the Artist by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
24.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#413934 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 56°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 24.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 24.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of the Artist" (1879) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Dusty Pink. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #F0E3D3 pulls the eye.

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