Thawing Brook

Weathered Mellow
Weathered Worn and desaturated - the palette of aged surfaces, faded pigment, and patina.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Thawing Brook by Willard Metcalf

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
64.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#959BA5 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 274°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 64.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 64.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Thawing Brook" (1921) reads as a lit, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Cream. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #91825E pulls the eye.

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