Bathers by a River

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US · 260 x 390 cm

Lustrous Sienna
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Bathers by a River by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#6C6C63 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 107°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Bathers by a River" (1916) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #578D13 pulls the eye.

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