Tree Tops and Sky, Guildford Castle

Tate Modern, London, UK · 27.5 x 73.5 cm

Soft Mellow
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Tree Tops and Sky, Guildford Castle by J.M.W. Turner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
56.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#838970 lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 117°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 56.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 56.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Tree Tops and Sky, Guildford Castle" (1807) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #A3C2BB pulls the eye.

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