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A Tahitian Woman with a Flower in Her Hair by Paul Gauguin

A Tahitian Woman with a Flower in Her Hair

Paul Gauguin · 1891–92

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Palette

Mushroom
 56% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Graphite
 17% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.0:1
Smoke
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Dusty rose
 6% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.4:1
Mauve
 5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.4:1
Lamp black
 5% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.6:1

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
French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands
Date
1891–92
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal, pastel, red chalk, and wash
Size
15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. (39 x 30.2 cm)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Grey · lightness 52, colourfulness 10

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1903: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1974. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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