A Northern Night
Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
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light dark
0
100
31.8
vivid muted
0
100
14.5
warm cool
-30
0
+50
-5.5
Distribution
avg L 31.8
darklight
avg C 14.5
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 31.8 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"A Northern Night" (1917) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D3E0E5 pulls the eye.
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