Fauvism & Expressionism · 1913
Berlin Street Scene
Berlin Street Scene (1913) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Its palette is led by graphite (#33353c, 37%) and blue (#364b77, 18%), with accents of scarlet, scarlet red, ivory and indigo blue. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and balanced between warm and cool.
Color reading
Gray, blue and brown cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #C54829, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #33353c MG 218 graphite 36.7% of canvas
- #364b77 MG 106 blue 18.3% of canvas
- #cc9a71 MG 164 light tan 15.7% of canvas
- #653d30 MG 155 dark reddish brown 10.2% of canvas
- #a7704f MG 024 scarlet 9.0% of canvas
- #c54829 MG 017 scarlet red 4.3% of canvas
- #f4f4b5 MG 200 ivory 3.1% of canvas
- #5c7bb3 MG 103 indigo blue 2.7% of canvas
Color families
Gray 28%, Blue 24%, Brown 20%, Orange 11%, Black 7%
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Composition
57% of the visual weight is in the left half, 51% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.31 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 9% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 31% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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