Eye in Eye

Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway · 136 x 110 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.
Eye in Eye by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
26.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-5.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#344141 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 193°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 26.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 26.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Eye in Eye" (1894) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Blue. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #DBD9BB pulls the eye.

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