Tahitian Woman

Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US · 54.9 x 49.5 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.
Tahitian Woman by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
36.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
32.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#915D3F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 55°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 36.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Tahitian Woman" (1894) 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 #F4E2B2 pulls the eye.

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