The West Wind

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Canada · 137.2 x 120.7 cm

Soft Heather
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
The West Wind by Tom Thomson

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#736065 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 4°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The West Wind" (1917) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Warm Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #5B4EAB pulls the eye.

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