Dr. Paul Gachet

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, Private Collection · 67 x 56 cm

Brooding Sienna
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Dr. Paul Gachet by Vincent van Gogh

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#6D6A5A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 88°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Dr. Paul Gachet" (1890) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #16181B pulls the eye.

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