The North Sea in the Moonlight

National Gallery in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Dusky Stone
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
The North Sea in the Moonlight by Caspar David Friedrich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
5.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#4B4C44 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 111°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 5.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The North Sea in the Moonlight" (1823) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B49B75 pulls the eye.

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