Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea by James McNeill Whistler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
63.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-9.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#889EA3 teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 219°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 63.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 63.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea" (1871) reads as a mid, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches.

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