Still life with three skulls

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

Gilded Flaxen
Gilded Warm gold-light quality - high-key warm tones, like late afternoon sunlight on metal.
Flaxen Pale golden yellow - the color of dried flax or blonde hair in sunlight.
Still life with three skulls by Paul Cezanne

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
83.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
19.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#EEC8AB orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 63°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 83.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 83.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Still life with three skulls" (1903) reads as a high-key, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #8F504B pulls the eye.

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