Nan Shan, Tibetan Frontier

Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia · 30.5 x 46 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.
Nan Shan, Tibetan Frontier by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
37.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-5.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#485995 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 287°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 37.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nan Shan, Tibetan Frontier" (1936) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Blue. One color carries 90% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #DFDCD3 pulls the eye.

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