Storm at Sea

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Storm at Sea by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-6.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#637371 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 188°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Storm at Sea" (1893) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C9C6A0 pulls the eye.

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