Stones and rocks

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Stones and rocks by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-8.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#394D67 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 271°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Stones and rocks" (1919) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #CBDDF0 pulls the eye.

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