Monhegan (Shining of night)

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.
Monhegan (Shining of night) by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
45.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-8.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#5A6C7F blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 260°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 45.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 45.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Monhegan (Shining of night)" (1922) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Blue. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #8AB8CB pulls the eye.

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