Samuel Daniell (1775–1811), Portrait of a Sri Lankan Tamil, 1806–1807. Watercolor and graphite on paper, Sheet: 5 7/8 × 6 3/4 in. (14.9 × 17.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2021. Public domain (CC0).

Portrait of a Sri Lankan Tamil

Samuel Daniell, 1806–1807. Watercolor and graphite on paper.

Three-quarter view
Side light
Drawing

Head and shoulders of a man in a turban turned three-quarters to the left, drawn in graphite with watercolor washes that leave the far side of the face darker.

Open in the value study maker

The image is free to use for any purpose: the museum has released it into the public domain.

Value studies

Portrait of a Sri Lankan Tamil as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 7.4: 7% of the picture is dark and 93% light.

Portrait of a Sri Lankan Tamil as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 4% dark (values 0 to 6.5), 9% middle (6.5 to 8.1) and 88% light (8.1 to 10).

Portrait of a Sri Lankan Tamil as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 2%, 3%, 7%, 20% and 69% of the picture.

Split at the picture's natural breaks between light and dark, with Simplify at 5, as in the value study maker. Values run from 0 (black) to 10 (white).

Palette

#E4DBCEValue 8.8, neutral
87%
#C2B1A2Value 7.3, warm
4%
#DAC2B1Value 8.0, warm
3%
#A59484Value 6.2, warm
2%
#8B7766Value 5.1, warm
1%
#64584FValue 3.8, neutral
1%
#C5A584Value 7.0, warm
1%

The 7 main colors run from value 3.8 to 8.8: 5 warm and 2 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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