Death on the Ridge Road

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
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Death on the Ridge Road by Grant Wood

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
25.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#403B35 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 81°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 25.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 25.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Death on the Ridge Road" (1935) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Beige. One color carries 37% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #847F87 pulls the eye.

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