Scarborough Town and Castle. Morning.Boys Catching Crabs

Private Collection · 101.6 x 68.7 cm

Weathered Sage
Weathered Worn and desaturated - the palette of aged surfaces, faded pigment, and patina.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Scarborough Town and Castle. Morning.Boys Catching Crabs by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
71.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#B4AD9D orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 87°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 71.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 71.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Scarborough Town and Castle. Morning.Boys Catching Crabs" (1811) reads as a lit, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #6B7E8A pulls the eye.

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