On the storm

152 x 107 cm

Brooding Lichen
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
On the storm by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#5C6260 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 162°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"On the storm" (1899) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #1A2733 pulls the eye.

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