The Melancholy of Departure

Tate Modern, London, UK · 50.5 x 34 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
The Melancholy of Departure by Giorgio de Chirico

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#60675D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 125°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Melancholy of Departure" (1916) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E3BF99 pulls the eye.

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