Dutch Boats in a Gale

National Gallery, London, UK · 163 x 221 cm

Dusky Crepuscule
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Dutch Boats in a Gale by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#574B49 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 34°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Dutch Boats in a Gale" (1801) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Mauve and Dusty Pink. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #DCB07E pulls the eye.

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