On the Volga

Private Collection

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
On the Volga by Boris Kustodiev

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
71.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#AEB28B yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 110°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 71.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 71.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"On the Volga" (1922) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #342930 pulls the eye.

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