Sad Female Head

Private Collection · 41 x 33 cm

Soft Bloom
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Bloom Soft pinkish blush - the delicate flush of petals or morning cloud.
Sad Female Head by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#6D5571 pink

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 322°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sad Female Head" (1928) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Mauve and Dusty Pink. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #2E2227 pulls the eye.

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