The Sea

53.34 x 95.89 cm

Silvery Glacé
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Glacé Icy pale blue - the color of glacial ice, cool and translucent.
The Sea by James McNeill Whistler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
76.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#B6BDB2 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 123°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 76.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 76.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Sea" (1865) reads as a lit, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Yellow. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #51431E pulls the eye.

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