May Day, Central Park

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, US · 36.83 x 54.93 cm

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
May Day, Central Park by Maurice Prendergast

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#5A683E lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 120°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"May Day, Central Park" (1900) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Green and Yellow. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #9F652D pulls the eye.

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