The sacred mountain

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, US · 69 x 89 cm

Lustrous Gamboge
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
The sacred mountain by Paul Gauguin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
57.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
37.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
25.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#AA7F69 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 55°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 57.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 37.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 57.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The sacred mountain" (1892) reads as a mid, rich-saturation warm palette built around Red and Dusty Pink. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D93E14 pulls the eye.

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