Red horses

Nizhny Novgorod State Museum of Fine Arts , Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Red horses by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#61607C blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 300°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Red horses" (1925) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Mauve. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #473535 pulls the eye.

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