Road of the War Prisoners

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US · 181.6 x 280.7 cm

Weathered Slate
Weathered Worn and desaturated - the palette of aged surfaces, faded pigment, and patina.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Road of the War Prisoners by Vasily Vereshchagin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
65.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#9BA29C gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 138°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 65.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 65.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Road of the War Prisoners" (1878) reads as a lit, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Cream and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #5E4931 pulls the eye.

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