A Murky Day

Soft Gamboge
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
A Murky Day by Joseph DeCamp

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#6D716A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 116°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"A Murky Day" (1886) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #5A7CA9 pulls the eye.

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