Spies

Nizhny Novgorod State Museum of Fine Arts , Nizhny Novgorod, Russia · 79 x 189 cm

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.
Spies by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
49.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-10.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#617A82 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 227°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 49.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 49.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Spies" (1900) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #A5A48D pulls the eye.

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