Hommage to Saint John the Baptist

35.5 x 42.5 cm

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Hommage to Saint John the Baptist by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
28.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#3D405B blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 300°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 28.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 28.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Hommage to Saint John the Baptist" (1912) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Dusty Pink. One color carries 43% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #D74E38 pulls the eye.

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