Apollo

Silvery Sage
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Apollo by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
78.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#C3C2CA gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 337°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 78.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 78.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Apollo" (1953) reads as a lit, mid-saturation cool palette built around Green and Warm Grey. One color carries 63% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #D44B31 pulls the eye.

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