The Siesta
Paul Gauguin · ca. 1892–94
Palette
Dusty rose
Chartreuse
Bronze
Forest
Midnight
Burnt orange
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. 1892–94
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 35 x 45 3/4 in. (88.9 x 116.2 cm)
- Period
- 19th century
- Main colour
- Pink · lightness 51, colourfulness 28
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1993, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002. 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
