Red Sand and Snow

Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany · 46 x 65 cm

Silvery Slate
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Red Sand and Snow by Felix Vallotton

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
69.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#ABAAA7 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 60°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 69.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 69.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Red Sand and Snow" (1901) reads as a lit, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Yellow and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C78137 pulls the eye.

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