View of Lake Leman from Chexbres

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Silvery Flaxen
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Flaxen Pale golden yellow - the color of dried flax or blonde hair in sunlight.
View of Lake Leman from Chexbres by Ferdinand Hodler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
75.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#B1BDBE gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 211°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 75.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 75.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"View of Lake Leman from Chexbres" (1905) reads as a lit, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Yellow and Cool Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #6C97EB pulls the eye.

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