Nirvana, Portrait of Jacob Meyer de Haan

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, US · 22 x 28.5 cm

Soft Heather
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Nirvana, Portrait of Jacob Meyer de Haan by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#736F68 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 83°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nirvana, Portrait of Jacob Meyer de Haan" (1890) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #353169 pulls the eye.

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