City on the Blue River

Private Collection · 37.1 x 29.9 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
City on the Blue River by Egon Schiele

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
24.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#3F3823 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 91°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 24.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 24.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"City on the Blue River" (1911) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Cool Grey and Cream. One color carries 88% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #DEA739 pulls the eye.

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