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A work made of oil on jute canvas.

Te raau rahi (The Big Tree)

Paul Gauguin · 1891

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Palette

Slate
 46% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Stone
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Olive
 13% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.8:1
Prussian blue
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Pale stone
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Caramel
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Paul Gauguin
Date
1891
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on jute canvas
Size
72.5 × 91.5 cm (28 9/16 × 36 in.); Framed: 96.6 × 115.6 × 11.5 cm (38 × 45 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
Post-Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Dogs · Mothers and children · Trees and forests
Main colour
Grey · lightness 48, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Kate L. Brewster. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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