Perspective View of Fonthill Abbey from the South West

Bolton Museum, Bolton, UK · 77.5 x 50.2 cm

Silvery Glacé
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Glacé Icy pale blue - the color of glacial ice, cool and translucent.
Perspective View of Fonthill Abbey from the South West by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
75.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-7.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#AABDB8 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 175°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 75.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 75.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Perspective View of Fonthill Abbey from the South West" (1799) reads as a lit, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #677D4F pulls the eye.

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