Self Portrait
Soft Mellow
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
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light dark
0
100
23.3
vivid muted
0
100
15.5
warm cool
-30
0
+50
11.2
Distribution
avg L 23.3
darklight
avg C 15.5
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 23.3 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"Self Portrait" (1889) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Pink. One color carries 71% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #9F823C pulls the eye.
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