The Elbe Near Dresden

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, US · 80 x 59.6 cm

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.
The Elbe Near Dresden by Oskar Kokoschka

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-4.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#425155 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 224°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Elbe Near Dresden" (1921) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Cool Grey. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C15124 pulls the eye.

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