Nocturne in Blue and Silver, The Lagoon, Venice

66 x 51 cm

Lustrous Teal
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Teal Blue-green - the color of teal duck plumage, cool and saturated.
Nocturne in Blue and Silver, The Lagoon, Venice by James McNeill Whistler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-13.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#55757E teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 221°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nocturne in Blue and Silver, The Lagoon, Venice" (1879) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Teal. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #1F2220 pulls the eye.

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