Rough sea at night

Private Collection · 82 x 117 cm

Soft Stone
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Rough sea at night by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
55.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#80868C gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 255°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 55.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 55.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Rough sea at night" (1853) reads as a mid, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Warm Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E9E5CC pulls the eye.

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