Nile near Karnak

Gleaming Calico
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Nile near Karnak by Vasily Polenov

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
64.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#AD9888 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 66°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 64.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 64.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nile near Karnak" (1881) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #633F31 pulls the eye.

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