Arearea I

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 75 x 94 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Arearea I by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
45.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
42.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
32.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#916131 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 67°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 45.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 42.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 45.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Arearea I" (1892) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E25720 pulls the eye.

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