Saint Cecilia (Invisible piano)

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany · 101 x 82 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Saint Cecilia (Invisible piano) by Max Ernst

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
29.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#89746C orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 45°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 29.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Saint Cecilia (Invisible piano)" (1923) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #1E2E56 pulls the eye.

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