The Suicide

E.G. Bührle Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland · 38 x 46 cm

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.
The Suicide by Edouard Manet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
31.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#484C47 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 128°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 31.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 31.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Suicide" (1880) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Blue. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #C39C5A pulls the eye.

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