Das Eismeer

Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Das Eismeer by Caspar David Friedrich

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
53.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-6.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#718386 teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 208°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 53.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 53.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Das Eismeer" (1823) reads as a mid, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Cool Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #5A5F35 pulls the eye.

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