Cottages and Cypresses: Reminiscence of the North

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands · 36.5 x 29 cm

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Cottages and Cypresses: Reminiscence of the North by Vincent van Gogh

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#59634B lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 124°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Cottages and Cypresses: Reminiscence of the North" (1890) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #9B794E pulls the eye.

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