Lake Yam-tso

30.5 x 37.7 cm

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Lake Yam-tso by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#726D76 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 324°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Lake Yam-tso" (1937) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #473624 pulls the eye.

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