The Road to Tarascon

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY, US

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
The Road to Tarascon by Vincent van Gogh

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
67.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#A9A687 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 104°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 67.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 67.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Road to Tarascon" (1888) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #363223 pulls the eye.

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