Italian Bay

Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

Lustrous Mellow
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Italian Bay by Carl Blechen

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#737366 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 101°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Italian Bay" (1829) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #1C3444 pulls the eye.

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