Birch in a Forest

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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.
Birch in a Forest by Gustav Klimt

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
28.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
5.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#424540 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 130°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 28.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 5.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 28.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Birch in a Forest" (1903) reads as a deep, whisper-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D6D1CA pulls the eye.

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