Visitors from over the sea

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia · 80 x 112.5 cm

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.
Visitors from over the sea by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#4C4E53 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 304°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Visitors from over the sea" (1901) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #C4B37F pulls the eye.

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