Great Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren

Lustrous Teal
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Teal Blue-green - the color of teal duck plumage, cool and saturated.
Great Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren by Vasily Polenov

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
60.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#8D9394 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 199°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 60.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 60.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Great Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren" (1899) reads as a mid, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Teal. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #33221A pulls the eye.

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