Head of a Woman

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Silvery Glacé
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Glacé Icy pale blue - the color of glacial ice, cool and translucent.
Head of a Woman by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
78.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#C2C3AB yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 107°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 78.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 78.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Head of a Woman" (1892) reads as a lit, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Teal and Amber. One color carries 41% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #D99C45 pulls the eye.

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