Railway junction near Bois Colombes

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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.
Railway junction near Bois Colombes by Paul Signac

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
45.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#71696D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 343°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 45.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 45.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Railway junction near Bois Colombes" (1885) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Dusty Pink. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #806C58 pulls the eye.

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