The old mill

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US · 54 x 64.5 cm

Gleaming Sage
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
The old mill by Vincent van Gogh

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
71.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
31.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
12.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#BBAE7C yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 94°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 71.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 31.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 71.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The old mill" (1888) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #70808C pulls the eye.

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