Storm in the Mountains

Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, MA, US · 96.52 x 152.72 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
Storm in the Mountains by Albert Bierstadt

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
34.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-3.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#4A544D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 144°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 34.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 34.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Storm in the Mountains" (1870) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #8E822E pulls the eye.

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