Mount “M”

Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York City, NY, US · 74.5 x 107.5 cm

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.
Mount “M” by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#6B6D7B gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 298°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Mount “M”" (1931) reads as a shadowed, mid-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 #C99489 pulls the eye.

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