Old king

Roerich Museum, Moscow, Russia

Lustrous Gamboge
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Old king by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
58.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
35.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
18.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#A18A50 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 89°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 58.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 35.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 58.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Old king" (1910) reads as a mid, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #ECBB49 pulls the eye.

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