Still Life with Three Puppies

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 92.8 x 61.6 cm

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.
Still Life with Three Puppies by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
53.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#827F75 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 92°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 53.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 53.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Still Life with Three Puppies" (1888) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #1B2C45 pulls the eye.

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