Seal Rocks (San Francisco)

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.
Seal Rocks (San Francisco) by Albert Bierstadt

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#645B51 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 76°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Seal Rocks (San Francisco)" (1872) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Warm Grey. One color carries 39% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #F0EDCD pulls the eye.

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