Death in the sickroom

Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway · 134.5 x 160 cm

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.
Death in the sickroom by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#836955 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 63°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Death in the sickroom" (1893) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #9F4E36 pulls the eye.

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