The Cliff Dwellers

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA, US

Dusky Heather
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
The Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#564D44 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 74°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Cliff Dwellers" (1913) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Beige. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C0985F pulls the eye.

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