Before the storm

26.2 x 35.8 cm

Veiled Calico
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Before the storm by Isaac Levitan

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
5.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#72726F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 95°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 5.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Before the storm" (1890) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #BAC3CC pulls the eye.

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