Nocturne: Blue and Gold - St Mark's, Venice

59.7 x 44.5 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - St Mark's, Venice by James McNeill Whistler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
15.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#796444 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 79°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nocturne: Blue and Gold - St Mark's, Venice" (1880) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #A3C6D0 pulls the eye.

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