Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) color palette
Paul Gauguin, 1891. The six main colors of the painting, with their codes and how much of it each one covers.
The six colors
- Storm#687377RGB 104, 115, 11929%
- Slate green#405C46RGB 64, 92, 7027%
- Straw#AE934DRGB 174, 147, 7720%
- Sand#B6AB90RGB 182, 171, 1447%
- Rust#B8573CRGB 184, 87, 607%
- Lilac gray#B89C9FRGB 184, 156, 1593%
Colors picked by hand by the painter Neli Chaneva. Shares are of the whole painting, rounded. Make your own palette from any picture with Image to Palette.
How the colors work
Storm leads with 29% of the painting, and slate green follows with 27%.
All six colors sit close in light, between value 4 and 7 on a scale from 0 (black) to 10 (white), which keeps the painting soft and even.
Warm and cool are close to balanced: 37% warm, 29% cool.
The same colors in gray
Each color beside its value, from light to dark. Painters check this to see the painting’s structure without its colors.
Use this palette
Open the painting in Image to Palette to choose more or fewer colors, see the mixing strips, and save the palette for Procreate or Adobe.
