Puberty

Edvard Munch 1863–1944

Puberty (1895) by Edvard Munch. Its palette is led by dark taupe (#38302a, 42%) and taupe (#4c4638, 19%), with accents of pale golden sand. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted 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

#38302a MG 177 dark taupe 42.0% of canvas
#4c4638 MG 176 taupe 18.9% of canvas
#645c45 MG 193 golden olive 18.6% of canvas
#9c7e5b MG 165 amber brown 14.8% of canvas
#c0bca2 MG 189 pale golden sand 5.8% of canvas

Color families

Brown 62%, Black 17%, Gray 16%, Green 3%, Yellow 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.42
Contrast: 0.46
Vividness: 0.027
Warmth: +0.98
Complexity: 124 cells
Hue range: 0.46
Focus: 0.17

Composition

60% of the visual weight is in the left half, 52% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.78 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 51% 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: 151.5 × 110.0 cm
Genre: nude
Collection: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, オスロ

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