Moonlight on the Shore

Rasmus Meyer Collection, Bergen, Norway · 62.5 x 96 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
Moonlight on the Shore by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#5E5E59 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 100°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Moonlight on the Shore" (1892) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Cool Grey and Teal. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #B2835F pulls the eye.

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