Himalayas

Roerich Museum, Moscow, Russia

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
76.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
37.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#BDBE9D yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 96°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 76.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 37.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 76.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Himalayas" reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #7885B6 pulls the eye.

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