The sun in the forest

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
The sun in the forest by Ivan Shishkin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#676555 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 102°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The sun in the forest" (1895) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B3BFC2 pulls the eye.

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