The Course of Empire: The Consummation of the Empire

New York Historical Society, New York City, NY, US · 193 x 130.1 cm

Gleaming Slate
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of the Empire by Thomas Cole

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
64.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#A7998D orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 67°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 64.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 64.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Course of Empire: The Consummation of the Empire" (1836) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #A76D39 pulls the eye.

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