Blue Sky

Brooding Laterite
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Blue Sky by Emily Carr

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
23.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#424C5A blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 288°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 23.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Blue Sky" (1932) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Red. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #40A8DD pulls the eye.

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