Full moon on the water

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Full moon on the water by Jan Sluyters

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#706056 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 58°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Full moon on the water" (1912) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation balanced palette built around Red and Teal. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D3371F pulls the eye.

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