Castle of King Gesar

21.6 x 27.3 cm

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Castle of King Gesar by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
32.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#474A7C blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 297°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 32.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Castle of King Gesar" reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #BDBAB9 pulls the eye.

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