Virgin and Child

Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, Australia · 102.8 x 176 cm

Dusky Stone
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Virgin and Child by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#7C614B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 65°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Virgin and Child" (1888) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #F1D8C5 pulls the eye.

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