Jealousy

Edvard Munch 1863–1944

Jealousy (1895) by Edvard Munch. Its palette is led by warm black (#1d1913, 51%) and bistre (#3b1f16, 16%), with accents of dark muted azure teal, reddish brown and pale golden sand. Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.

Color note

Munch used color for emotion rather than description: in The Scream the sky burns orange and red over a blue-black fjord. He returned to the subject several times, in paint, pastel and print.

Palette

#1d1913 MG 220 warm black 50.9% of canvas
#3b1f16 MG 219 bistre 16.0% of canvas
#9c582e MG 158 rich orange brown 12.2% of canvas
#762319 MG 148 dark rich sienna 11.0% of canvas
#374e46 MG 084 dark muted azure teal 5.0% of canvas
#af8163 MG 152 reddish brown 3.3% of canvas
#bbb7a0 MG 189 pale golden sand 1.7% of canvas

Color families

Black 46%, Brown 36%, Green 8%, Red 6%, Gray 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.30
Contrast: 0.43
Vividness: 0.037
Warmth: +0.95
Complexity: 136 cells
Hue range: 0.46
Focus: 0.20

Composition

68% of the visual weight is in the left half, 58% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.46 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 34% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 28% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1895
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 67.0 × 100.5 cm
Genre: allegory
Collection: Art Museums of Bergen, Bergen Municipality

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More by Edvard Munch

The Scream, 1893
Vampire, 1893
Puberty, 1895
The Kiss, 1897