Barbarian poems

Fogg Museum (Harvard Art Museums), Cambridge, MA, US · 63 x 47 cm

Dusky Heather
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Barbarian poems by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
31.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
32.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#663128 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 39°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 31.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Barbarian poems" (1896) reads as a deep, rich-saturation warm palette built around Red and Dusty Pink. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E34D29 pulls the eye.

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