Dovedale by Moonlight

Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM), Oberlin, OH, US · 62.5 x 77.8 cm

Sepulchral Schist
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
Dovedale by Moonlight by Joseph Wright

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
19.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-3.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#273123 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 132°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 19.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 19.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Dovedale by Moonlight" (1785) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Cool Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #D2CFA4 pulls the eye.

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