Children Wading

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Children Wading by Edward Henry Potthast

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
49.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#7B7367 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 82°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 49.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 49.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Children Wading" (1920) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Beige. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #525961 pulls the eye.

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