Forest

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Forest by Ivan Shishkin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#69715D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 121°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Forest" (1885) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #6C99B5 pulls the eye.

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