Flying Shadows

Private Collection · 66.04 x 73.66 cm

Silvery Slate
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Flying Shadows by Willard Metcalf

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
70.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#A2B0A8 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 132°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 70.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 70.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Flying Shadows" (1905) reads as a lit, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #899643 pulls the eye.

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