Self-Portrait with Cod's Head

Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway · 55 x 45.5 cm

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Self-Portrait with Cod's Head by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#676957 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 110°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Self-Portrait with Cod's Head" (1940) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #8F4C23 pulls the eye.

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