Lovers (The kiss)

Private Collection · 150 x 100 cm

Lustrous Heather
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Lovers (The kiss) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#636067 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 336°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Lovers (The kiss)" (1930) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Mauve. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #3D4C2A pulls the eye.

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