Breaking Waves

Silvery Sage
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Breaking Waves by David James

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
66.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-11.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#89A5AC teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 220°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 66.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 66.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Breaking Waves" reads as a lit, mid-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Teal. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #92AAD1 pulls the eye.

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