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Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles) by Paul Gauguin

Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)

Paul Gauguin · ca. 1899

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Palette

Oyster
 51% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.5:1
Putty
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1
Stone
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Taupe
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Chalk
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.4:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1

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
French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands
Date
ca. 1899
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal on laid paper
Size
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in. (41 x 31.1 cm)
Place
Tahiti
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 12

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1996. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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