The Jack Pine

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada · 127.9 x 139.8 cm

Lustrous Calico
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
The Jack Pine by Tom Thomson

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
49.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#83755D orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 83°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 49.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 49.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Jack Pine" (1916) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #302E3B pulls the eye.

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