Cry of the serpent

Pskov State United Museum of History, Architeture and Fine Arts, Pskov, Russia

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.
Cry of the serpent by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#615B67 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 330°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Cry of the serpent" (1914) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #92A2C6 pulls the eye.

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