Shipwreck

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Shipwreck by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
34.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#4C543D lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 118°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 34.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 34.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Shipwreck" reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E3B443 pulls the eye.

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