Maria

Brooding Grotto
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Grotto Deep sea-cave blue-green - the color of water in a coastal grotto.
Maria by Helene Schjerfbeck

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-7.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#5A6C67 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 175°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Maria" (1906) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Teal. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #A77933 pulls the eye.

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