Gansu

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Gansu by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
60.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-5.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#8592AB blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 278°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 60.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 60.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Gansu" (1936) reads as a mid, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E1D49A pulls the eye.

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