St. Francis

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
St. Francis by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#686360 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 36°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"St. Francis" (1931) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #9A5919 pulls the eye.

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