Colourful Dance

Städel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany · 50 x 35.5 cm

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Colourful Dance by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
59.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
35.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
27.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#B2875C orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 69°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 59.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 35.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 59.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Colourful Dance" (1933) reads as a mid, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. One color carries 36% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #4B5260 pulls the eye.

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