Rough sea

23 x 36 cm

Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Rough sea by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
72.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-10.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#9CB5B5 teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 198°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 72.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 72.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Rough sea" (1844) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Sage. One color carries 91% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #DAEBEB pulls the eye.

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