Lovers (The Hembusses)

Städel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany · 50 x 36.7 cm

Lustrous Sage
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Lovers (The Hembusses) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
31.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
17.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#826858 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 56°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 31.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Lovers (The Hembusses)" (1932) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #F5C898 pulls the eye.

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