Portrait of a seated man

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Sepulchral Basalt
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Portrait of a seated man by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
19.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#362B31 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 347°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 19.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 19.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of a seated man" (1884) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #A86B44 pulls the eye.

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