Landscape with two breton women

Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, MA, US · 72.4 x 91.4 cm

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Landscape with two breton women by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#605932 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 98°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Landscape with two breton women" (1889) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Green. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #BD8132 pulls the eye.

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