Van Gogh

VAN GOGH

for rationale behind this page see Analysis of Well-Known Artworks

On this page:

PEASANT WOMAN COOKING (The Met, New York)

Reds:14.56% • Oranges:41.45% • Yellows:31.41% • Yellow-Greens:1.22% • Greens:2.56% • Cyans:<0.01% • Blues:<0.01% • Purples:<0.01% • Magentas:0.12% • Greys:5.51% • Whites:<0.01% • Blacks:3.16%

Mood and Atmosphere: Nighttime Grubbiness Poverty

Very low on blues, darkness done with oranges, greys and greens.

Separated into eleven equal brightnesses, every other one coloured in:

dark grey (brightness 15%), magenta (319° brightness 29%), red (2° brightness 47%), green (138° brightness 71%), yellow (55° brightness 94%) and white (brightness 99%). Overlaid with lines from my edge detection software at the same brightness breaks as the filled-in areas.

Shows the brightness layout used by Van Gogh.

Click on the image to show it full screen.

Fullsize for this may be seen on my Flickr photostream.

WHEATFIELD WITH CYPRESSES (The Met, New York)

Reds:<0.01% • Oranges:0.97% • Yellows:28.59% • Yellow-Greens:3.94% • Greens:18.17% • Cyans:2.78% • Blues:31.85% • Purples:<0.01% • Magentas:<0.01% • Greys:13.53% • Whites:0.12% • Blacks:<0.01%

Mood and Atmosphere: Sunny Windy Bright Summer Scene

Predominantly yellows, green and blues, very little red though the few spots of poppies at the foot of the painting noticeably red.

Separated into eleven equal brightnesses, every other one coloured in:

dark green (150° brightness 25%), yellow-brown (50° brightness 45%), green (90° brightness 53%), light blue (214° brightness 61%), yellow (44° brightness 69%) and light yellow (47° brightness 93%). Overlaid with lines from my edge detection software at the same brightness breaks as the filled-in areas.

Shows the brightness layout used by Van Gogh.

Click on the image to show it full screen.

Fullsize for this may be seen on my Flickr photostream.