May Night

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

Tenebrous Lichen
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
May Night by Willard Metcalf

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
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100
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
cool
Dominant Hue
#272D25 black

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Brightness — how dark vs how light
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Saturation — gray vs vivid
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Palette Analysis

"May Night" (1906) reads as a deep, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Cool Grey. One color carries 39% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #A1AAAA pulls the eye.

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