The Shipwreck

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.
The Shipwreck by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
62.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-7.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#879B99 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 192°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 62.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 62.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Shipwreck" (1894) reads as a mid, muted-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Cool Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #34597E pulls the eye.

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