The Pretty Ships (also known as As the Ships Go By)

34.93 x 34.29 cm

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
The Pretty Ships (also known as As the Ships Go By) by Maurice Prendergast

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
75.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
41.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#C6BD71 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 100°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 75.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 41.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 75.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Pretty Ships (also known as As the Ships Go By)" (1895) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #7A6520 pulls the eye.

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