Northern Lake

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Canada · 71.1 x 102.4 cm

Dusky Stone
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Northern Lake by Tom Thomson

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
28.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#46413C gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 79°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 28.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 28.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Northern Lake" (1912) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Warm Grey. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #82ACAF pulls the eye.

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