The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, US

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water by Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-8.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#4F6283 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 275°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water" (1907) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D2DDE0 pulls the eye.

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