Twilight in the Wilderness

Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Cleveland, OH, US

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Twilight in the Wilderness by Frederic Edwin Church

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
30.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#4D473E gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 78°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 30.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 30.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Twilight in the Wilderness" (1860) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Cool Grey. One color carries 33% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #466773 pulls the eye.

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