A Rainy Day in Boston

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, US · 121.9 x 66.4 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.
A Rainy Day in Boston by Childe Hassam

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
56.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#8D8778 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 92°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 56.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 56.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Rainy Day in Boston" (1885) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #1B1D21 pulls the eye.

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