A Sunset

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
A Sunset by James Webb

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
59.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#918D92 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 328°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 59.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 59.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Sunset" (1871) reads as a mid, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #48382D pulls the eye.

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