Seascape

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Seascape by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#737B88 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 283°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Seascape" (1879) reads as a mid, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #7B7A4B pulls the eye.

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