Morning in the Mountains

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia · 135 x 170 cm

Soft Mellow
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Morning in the Mountains by Caspar David Friedrich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
61.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#96938D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 89°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 61.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 61.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Morning in the Mountains" (1823) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Warm Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #151216 pulls the eye.

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