The Wind Blows

Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Lustrous Teal
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Teal Blue-green - the color of teal duck plumage, cool and saturated.
The Wind Blows by Hugo Simberg

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#8D766E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 47°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Wind Blows" (1897) reads as a mid, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D5AF24 pulls the eye.

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