Seascape with cow on the edge of a cliff

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Seascape with cow on the edge of a cliff by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
26.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#7A4F38 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 54°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Seascape with cow on the edge of a cliff" (1888) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E0D291 pulls the eye.

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