Book of Life

Roerich Museum, Moscow, Russia · 66.3 x 122.2 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Book of Life by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-9.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#567496 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 272°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Book of Life" (1939) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Red. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #DAD6D4 pulls the eye.

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