Captive

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia · 79.3 x 46.3 cm

Sepulchral Grotto
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Grotto Deep sea-cave blue-green - the color of water in a coastal grotto.
Captive by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
20.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-9.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#183441 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 250°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 20.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 20.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Captive" (1937) reads as a deep, vivid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Teal. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #F9FACB pulls the eye.

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