Melancholy

National Gallery, Oslo, Norway · 64 x 96 cm

Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Melancholy by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#6C738D blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 287°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Melancholy" (1892) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Blue. One color carries 97% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #CD9C8D pulls the eye.

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