Shipwreck off Hastings

National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Gleaming Mellow
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Shipwreck off Hastings by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
69.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#A8AB8D yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 110°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 69.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 69.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Shipwreck off Hastings" (1825) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E4DA75 pulls the eye.

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