Blackhead, Monhegan

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, US · 23.81 x 33.02 cm

Dusky Gamboge
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Blackhead, Monhegan by Edward Hopper

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
39.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
24.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#8A6B3F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 76°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 39.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Blackhead, Monhegan" (1916) reads as a shadowed, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #2A6987 pulls the eye.

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