Mekheski - Moon People

Tatarstan Museum of Fine Arts, Kazan, Russia · 98 x 79.5 cm

Brooding Grotto
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Grotto Deep sea-cave blue-green - the color of water in a coastal grotto.
Mekheski - Moon People by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-12.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#325150 teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 192°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mekheski - Moon People" (1915) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Teal and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C5B889 pulls the eye.

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