Melon Boats

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US · 35.6 x 50.6 cm

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.
Melon Boats by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
58.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#978A8B gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 16°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 58.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 58.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Melon Boats" (1905) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #34306B pulls the eye.

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