Way to Tibet

Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York City, NY, US

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Way to Tibet by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
64.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
20.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#BD9290 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 28°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 64.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 64.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Way to Tibet" (1925) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #F2953F pulls the eye.

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