The younger brother

Private Collection · 73 x 100 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.
The younger brother by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#705B47 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 69°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The younger brother" (1900) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #ECD9DC pulls the eye.

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