Waves Breaking on a Rocky Coast

Veiled Slate
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Waves Breaking on a Rocky Coast by David James

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
63.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-5.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#909C9B gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 189°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 63.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 63.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Waves Breaking on a Rocky Coast" reads as a mid, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #343637 pulls the eye.

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