The Ice Hole

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.
The Ice Hole by Marsden Hartley

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
39.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#586397 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 299°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 39.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Ice Hole" (1908) reads as a mid, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D6AE7F pulls the eye.

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