On sandy soil. Mary-Howie on Finnish Railways

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
On sandy soil. Mary-Howie on Finnish Railways by Ivan Shishkin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#5D6547 lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 117°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"On sandy soil. Mary-Howie on Finnish Railways" (1889) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D2DED7 pulls the eye.

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