The road up

E.G. Bührle Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
The road up by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
64.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#AC9A88 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 69°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 64.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 64.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The road up" (1884) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #7289B6 pulls the eye.

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