Self-portrait

Brooding Grotto
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Grotto Deep sea-cave blue-green - the color of water in a coastal grotto.
Self-portrait by Alexej von Jawlensky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#61674B lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 113°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Self-portrait" (1912) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Teal and Sage. One color carries 30% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #E9B155 pulls the eye.

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