Niagara Falls, from the American Side

Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK · 257.5 x 227.3 cm

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Niagara Falls, from the American Side by Frederic Edwin Church

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
60.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#97927D yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 99°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 60.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 60.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Niagara Falls, from the American Side" (1867) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #1A140C pulls the eye.

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