Sunset, Lake Simcoe

Veiled Heather
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Sunset, Lake Simcoe by J. E. H. MacDonald

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#77736A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 92°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sunset, Lake Simcoe" (1919) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #636667 pulls the eye.

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