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A painting in large swaths of color of a sweeping and steep gold valley with haystacks. A lone female figure attempts to ascend its banks toward bushy green trees and boxy houses above.

The Beach of Les Grands Sables at Le Pouldu

Paul Sérusier · 1890

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Palette

Honey
 48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1
Olive brown
 27% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.5:1
Warm grey
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1
Bronze
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Caramel
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1
Umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

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 Sérusier
Date
1890
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
60 × 70 cm (23 5/8 × 27 9/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 53, colourfulness 28

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gift of Mrs. Clive Runnells. 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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