Vampire

Edvard Munch 1863–1944

Vampire (1893) by Edvard Munch. Its palette is led by charcoal (#1f2429, 61%) and dark slate (#2b3743, 13%), with accents of amber brown and rich brown. Overall the canvas is dark, 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

#1f2429 MG 222 charcoal 60.7% of canvas
#2b3743 MG 211 dark slate 13.2% of canvas
#3c2a20 MG 156 dark reddish brown 10.4% of canvas
#a17e5b MG 165 amber brown 8.3% of canvas
#6e4934 MG 159 rich brown 7.3% of canvas

Color families

Black 57%, Brown 20%, Gray 15%, Blue 6%, Orange 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.30
Contrast: 0.39
Vividness: 0.018
Warmth: +0.79
Complexity: 151 cells
Hue range: 0.40
Focus: 0.23

Composition

64% of the visual weight is in the left half, 62% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.60 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 65% 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.

Details

Date: 1893
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 77.5 × 98.5 cm
Collection: Munch Museum, Oslo Municipality

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