Nocturn Sun

Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Nocturn Sun by James McNeill Whistler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#696F5C gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 120°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nocturn Sun" reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C4B671 pulls the eye.

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