Flaming tops against the evening sky

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.
Flaming tops against the evening sky by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
31.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#6B5874 purple

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 325°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 31.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Flaming tops against the evening sky" (1940) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #B36E55 pulls the eye.

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