Madame Roulin

Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, US · 51 x 64 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.
Madame Roulin by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#726847 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 94°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Madame Roulin" (1888) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #D2A156 pulls the eye.

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