Calvaire breton

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium · 92 x 73.5 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Calvaire breton by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
23.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#6F745F lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 110°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 23.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Calvaire breton" (1889) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Green and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #955435 pulls the eye.

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