Baltistan (The border with Ladakh)

Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York City, NY, US · 30.5 x 46 cm

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Baltistan (The border with Ladakh) by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
64.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
17.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#B79489 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 43°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 64.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 64.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Baltistan (The border with Ladakh)" (1936) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #949EA0 pulls the eye.

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