The Seed of the Areoi
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.
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light dark
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100
32.0
vivid muted
0
100
23.7
warm cool
-30
0
+50
11.7
Distribution
avg L 32.0
darklight
avg C 23.7
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 32.0 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"The Seed of the Areoi" (1892) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #CA9239 pulls the eye.
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