The Storm

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 91.8 x 130.8 cm

Soft Stone
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
The Storm by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#6C5F5F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 26°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Storm" (1893) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Beige. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #B7B7CC pulls the eye.

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