Portrait of a Woman

Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, US · 80.6 x 70.5 cm

Dusky Schist
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
Portrait of a Woman by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
23.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#66604A yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 93°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 23.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of a Woman" (1911) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Cool Grey and Yellow. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E6C4AF pulls the eye.

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