The Charity

University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Ann Arbor, MI, US · 90 x 116.5 cm

Dusky Tawny
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
The Charity by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
35.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#51544C gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 109°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 35.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 35.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Charity" (1859) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #24435C pulls the eye.

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