Approaching Snowstorm

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada · 21.3 x 26.6 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Approaching Snowstorm by Tom Thomson

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#605854 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 52°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Approaching Snowstorm" (1915) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Beige. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #77522A pulls the eye.

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