The Green Christ

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium · 92 x 73 cm

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The Green Christ by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
57.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#8E8A72 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 99°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 57.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 57.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Green Christ" (1889) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #EDA67A pulls the eye.

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