Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes

Yale University Art Gallery (Yale University), New Haven, CT, US

Veiled Slate
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes by Martin Johnson Heade

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
5.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#727874 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 146°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 5.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes" (1875) reads as a mid, whisper-saturation balanced palette built around Cool Grey and Sage. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #A6936A pulls the eye.

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