Oberstdorf - Mountains

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Oberstdorf - Mountains by Alexej von Jawlensky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#5F5B5A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 39°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Oberstdorf - Mountains" (1912) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Blue. One color carries 32% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #B2AF45 pulls the eye.

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