Iskander and hermit

State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia · 45.7 x 78.7 cm

Brooding Stone
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Iskander and hermit by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
29.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#495B71 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 295°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 29.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Iskander and hermit" (1938) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Warm Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #0C2FC9 pulls the eye.

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