Spring Night, Harlem River

Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, US

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.
Spring Night, Harlem River by Ernest Lawson

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-11.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#56736E teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 182°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Spring Night, Harlem River" (1913) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Sage. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #5B5C44 pulls the eye.

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