Zarathustra

State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia · 76 x 117 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Zarathustra by Nicholas Roerich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
39.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
25.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#8A6746 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 67°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 39.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Zarathustra" (1931) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Blue. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E56D30 pulls the eye.

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