Hat in Hand, Hat on Head

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK · 36.8 x 29.2 cm

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Hat in Hand, Hat on Head by Max Ernst

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#5D5A64 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 323°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Hat in Hand, Hat on Head" (1919) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C77A54 pulls the eye.

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