Meerestille (Calm Sea)

Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland · 150 x 103 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.
Meerestille (Calm Sea) by Arnold Böcklin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
30.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#444745 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 148°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 30.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 30.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Meerestille (Calm Sea)" (1887) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Slate. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #DFA186 pulls the eye.

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