Etretat, the Needle Rock and Porte d'Aval

Soft Stone
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Etretat, the Needle Rock and Porte d'Aval by Claude Monet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#636368 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 300°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Etretat, the Needle Rock and Porte d'Aval" (1885) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Warm Grey. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #B7B8B9 pulls the eye.

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