Lake George

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Lake George by John Frederick Kensett

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
49.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#817262 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 73°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 49.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 49.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Lake George" (1869) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #55351A pulls the eye.

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