Himalayas

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.
Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-10.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#557193 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 271°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Himalayas" (1942) reads as a mid, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #060213 pulls the eye.

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