The East River

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 35.24 x 50.8 cm

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
The East River by Maurice Prendergast

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
49.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
23.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#946E52 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 62°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 49.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 49.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The East River" (1901) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #514C55 pulls the eye.

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