The Pretty Ships (also known as As the Ships Go By)
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.
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light dark
0
100
75.9
vivid muted
0
100
41.7
warm cool
-30
0
+50
13.0
Distribution
avg L 75.9
darklight
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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