Himalayas

State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia · 28 x 44 cm

Lustrous Sienna
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
30.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-4.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#647AA5 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 287°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 30.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Himalayas" (1940) reads as a mid, vivid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #FBF9DB pulls the eye.

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