Sun Setting over a Lake

Tate Britain, London, UK · 91.1 x 122.6 cm

Gleaming Sage
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Sun Setting over a Lake by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
75.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#C5BA96 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 94°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 75.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 75.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sun Setting over a Lake" (1840) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #A27A50 pulls the eye.

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