A work made of wood-block print in black ink, over a stenciled orange-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum).

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

Paul Gauguin · 1894

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Palette

Sepia
46% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

Caramel
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Bronze
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Chalk
14% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1

Biscuit
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1

Silver
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1

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
printed in collaboration with Louis Roy (French, 1862-1907)
Date: 1894
Type: Print
Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, over a stenciled orange-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum)
Size: Image/sheet: 20.4 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 49, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1903: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1974. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

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