At the First Clear Word

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
At the First Clear Word by Max Ernst

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
42.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
23.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#7E5D55 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 40°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 42.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"At the First Clear Word" (1923) reads as a shadowed, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Blue. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #323E27 pulls the eye.

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