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Workers on Their Way Home by Edvard Munch

Workers on Their Way Home

Danish title: Hjemvendende arbejdere (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Edvard Munch · 1914

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Palette

Silver
 54% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1
Slate blue
 26% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.1:1
Smoke
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Cobalt
 7% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.9:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Caramel
 1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.1:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Edvard Munch
Norwegian, 1863–1944
Date
1914
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
130.7 × 160.8 cm
Period
20th century
Main colour
Blue · lightness 58, colourfulness 9

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS3823. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1914: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1944: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2015; SMK marks it public domain (PD Mark). Last checked 2026-10-31 (public_domain: yes). Image released by SMK as public domain (PD Mark). Licence rules

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