Clouds and Water

Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Clouds and Water by Arthur Dove

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#686B67 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 128°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Clouds and Water" (1930) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #7A6139 pulls the eye.

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