Water Lilies
Soft Heather
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
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light dark
0
100
51.9
vivid muted
0
100
23.1
warm cool
-30
0
+50
3.3
Distribution
avg L 51.9
darklight
avg C 23.1
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 51.9 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"Water Lilies" (1919) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #3C3A54 pulls the eye.
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