The deluge

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.
The deluge by John Martin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
29.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#424747 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 200°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 29.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 29.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The deluge" (1834) reads as a deep, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Cool Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #4E4C41 pulls the eye.

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