Portrait of a mother

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany · 41 x 33 cm

Lustrous Sienna
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Portrait of a mother by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
52.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
39.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
25.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#9B7545 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 75°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 52.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 39.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 52.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of a mother" (1894) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Red. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #624047 pulls the eye.

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