Fog

Belvedere, Vienna, Austria · 34.2 x 50.2 cm

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.
Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#797D6F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 120°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Fog" (1807) reads as a mid, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #644728 pulls the eye.

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