Sacred Himalayas

State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia · 47 x 79 cm

Silvery Slate
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Sacred Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
64.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
23.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#AC96BA purple

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 314°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 64.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 23.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 64.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sacred Himalayas" (1934) reads as a lit, mid-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Blue. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #280A19 pulls the eye.

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