Isabella and the Pot of Basil

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK · 38.7 x 60.6 cm

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Isabella and the Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
20.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#8D7345 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 81°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Isabella and the Pot of Basil" (1867) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #7C3D10 pulls the eye.

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