A Back Road

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US · 63.5 x 79.4 cm

Dusky Gamboge
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
A Back Road by Childe Hassam

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#63572E yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 93°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Back Road" reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E4CBA4 pulls the eye.

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