The Voice

Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, MA, US · 87.5 x 108 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.
The Voice by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#7A7A73 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 104°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Voice" (1893) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Beige. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #F6E7AD pulls the eye.

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