Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1893
The Scream
The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch. Its palette is led by iron (#55524f, 32%) and warm grey (#7f7667, 31%), with accents of dark slate. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, 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
- #55524f MG 217 iron 31.8% of canvas
- #7f7667 MG 174 warm grey 30.5% of canvas
- #a28969 MG 165 amber brown 20.9% of canvas
- #9e6d59 MG 153 reddish brown 13.2% of canvas
- #322f2b MG 211 dark slate 3.7% of canvas
Color families
Brown 59%, Gray 31%, Orange 4%, Red 3%, Yellow 2%
Measurements
Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 61% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.75 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 21% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 40% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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