Black Profile (Gauguin)

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Black Profile (Gauguin) by Odilon Redon

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
45.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#6E6C60 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 94°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 45.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 45.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Black Profile (Gauguin)" (1906) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Cream and Blue. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E6D081 pulls the eye.

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