Sunset Over the Marshes

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Sunset Over the Marshes by Martin Johnson Heade

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
29.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#504432 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 79°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 29.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 29.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sunset Over the Marshes" (1904) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Sage. One color carries 98% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition.

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