Towards the Forest II

Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway · 54 x 64.7 cm

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Towards the Forest II by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#5F493A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 59°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Towards the Forest II" (1915) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #9E9FB4 pulls the eye.

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