The Souls of Acheron

215.9 x 340.36 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
The Souls of Acheron by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-4.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#45504D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 178°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Souls of Acheron" (1898) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Slate. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #C6B89C pulls the eye.

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