The Wreck

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
The Wreck by Frederic Edwin Church

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
28.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#7F4B41 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 36°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Wreck" reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #EBB887 pulls the eye.

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