The Bay Golden Horn in Istanbul (Back then Constantinople)

83 x 104 cm

Gleaming Sage
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
The Bay Golden Horn in Istanbul (Back then Constantinople) by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
72.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#B9B095 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 93°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 72.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 72.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Bay Golden Horn in Istanbul (Back then Constantinople)" (1872) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #FCF5AC pulls the eye.

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