Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, US · 162.6 x 244.5 cm

Lustrous Stone
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California by Albert Bierstadt

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
19.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#815F4E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 52°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California" (1865) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #DBAF86 pulls the eye.

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