Blue Eyes

Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), Baltimore, MD, US · 38 x 46 cm

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Blue Eyes by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
49.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#8A7163 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 57°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 49.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 49.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Blue Eyes" (1934) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Dusty Pink. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #4B4763 pulls the eye.

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