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Self-Portrait by Paul Gauguin

Self-Portrait

Paul Gauguin · 1889

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Palette

Rust
 27% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.1:1
Deep teal
 22% of the image
Teal · text contrast 8.0:1
Saffron
 22% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.9:1
Dusty rose
 17% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.5:1
Honey
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Lemon
 4% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 11.0:1

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
1889
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on wood
Size
79.2 × 51.3 cm
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Red · lightness 54, colourfulness 44

National Gallery of Art. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1889, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-100-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1903: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1974 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-100-1923 | DEFAULTSORT:Gauguin; Self-portrait 1889; NGA). Last checked 2026-10-31 (Commons file carries EU and US public-domain templates: yes). Image: a faithful photographic reproduction of a public-domain work, from Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art). Licence rules

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