Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, US

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Thomas Moran

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#81705C orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 76°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" (1893) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #F5E1B3 pulls the eye.

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