Kiss

Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway · 99 x 81 cm

Brooding Lichen
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Kiss by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
6.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#4B4C4F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 280°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 6.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Kiss" (1897) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Sage. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E8D3C2 pulls the eye.

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