Study to "Building a City"

Sepulchral Lichen
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Study to "Building a City" by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-5.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#344531 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 134°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Study to "Building a City"" (1902) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Green. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #111A21 pulls the eye.

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