Flying Fish

Soft Mellow
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Flying Fish by Herbert James Draper

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
57.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#878A86 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 132°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 57.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 57.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Flying Fish" (1910) reads as a mid, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #474126 pulls the eye.

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