The High Street, Oxford

British Museum, London, UK · 35.2 x 51.4 cm

Gleaming Mist
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Mist Pale cool gray - the atmospheric color of morning mist over water.
The High Street, Oxford by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
80.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#DBC3AA orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 72°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 80.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 80.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The High Street, Oxford" (1810) reads as a high-key, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cool Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #ABC4DD pulls the eye.

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