Ganges (Cold ravine)

Novosibirsk State Museum of Fine Arts, Novosibirsk, Russia

Brooding Lichen
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Ganges (Cold ravine) by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-6.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#5E765C green

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 134°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Ganges (Cold ravine)" (1946) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Green and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #94AED1 pulls the eye.

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