Mermaids

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia · 88 x 132 cm

Sepulchral Basalt
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Mermaids by Ivan Kramskoy

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
18.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#272D27 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 133°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 18.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 18.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mermaids" (1871) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #BCC179 pulls the eye.

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