White Night

National Gallery, Oslo, Norway · 115.5 x 110.5 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
White Night by Edvard Munch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-12.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#4D6B79 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 237°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"White Night" (1901) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Teal. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #97B2A0 pulls the eye.

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