Turkestan [Mountain Silence]

Roerich Museum, Moscow, Russia · 30.5 x 45.7 cm

Weathered Sage
Weathered Worn and desaturated - the palette of aged surfaces, faded pigment, and patina.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Turkestan [Mountain Silence] by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
62.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-4.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#8B98A9 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 274°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 62.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 62.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Turkestan [Mountain Silence]" (1937) reads as a lit, muted-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Sage. One color carries 32% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #584E49 pulls the eye.

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