Riesengebirge

Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

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.
Riesengebirge by Caspar David Friedrich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#7A726D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 66°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Riesengebirge" (1830) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #A09AA5 pulls the eye.

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