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Still Life with Peonies by Paul Gauguin

Still Life with Peonies

Paul Gauguin · 1884

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Palette

Pale stone
 45% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1
Iron
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Cinnamon
 11% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.7:1
Ash
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Green earth
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.9:1
Terracotta
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1

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
1848–1903
Date
1884
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 59.7 x 73 cm (23 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.)
Place
French
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers · Still life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 58, colourfulness 13

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1903: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1974. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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