The Wasp's Nest
Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
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light dark
0
100
47.3
vivid muted
0
100
14.4
warm cool
-30
0
+50
3.2
Distribution
avg L 47.3
darklight
avg C 14.4
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 47.3 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"The Wasp's Nest" (1892) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #959AB5 pulls the eye.
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