Fishing the Merced River

Soft Mellow
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Fishing the Merced River by Thomas Hill

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#676061 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 10°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Fishing the Merced River" (1892) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Mauve. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C4CEE0 pulls the eye.

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