Ia Orana Maria (We Hail Thee Mary)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City, NY, US · 113.7 x 87.7 cm

Dusky Stone
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Ia Orana Maria (We Hail Thee Mary) by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
30.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#6E5F3B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 88°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 30.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Ia Orana Maria (We Hail Thee Mary)" (1891) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #A5330D pulls the eye.

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