By the Roulette

Rasmus Meyer Collection, Bergen, Norway · 74.5 x 115.5 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.
By the Roulette by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
29.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#4A4541 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 63°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 29.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 29.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"By the Roulette" (1892) reads as a deep, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Warm Grey. One color carries 32% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #C07055 pulls the eye.

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