Lake Geneva from Chexbres

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland · 70.5 x 108.5 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.
Lake Geneva from Chexbres by Ferdinand Hodler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
69.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-4.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#9CABB4 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 251°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 69.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 69.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Lake Geneva from Chexbres" (1904) reads as a lit, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #DCD49C pulls the eye.

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