The Bay of Naples at night

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The Bay of Naples at night by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
55.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-10.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#6F899A blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 251°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 55.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 55.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Bay of Naples at night" (1895) reads as a mid, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #CFCEC7 pulls the eye.

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