Beda the Preacher

Novosibirsk State Museum of Fine Arts, Novosibirsk, Russia · 71.3 x 129.8 cm

Lustrous Gamboge
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Beda the Preacher by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
35.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-4.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#394D7D blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 289°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 35.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Beda the Preacher" (1945) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Yellow. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E44C58 pulls the eye.

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