Blue Nude

Silvery Slate
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Blue Nude by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
59.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
37.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#778EC2 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 297°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 59.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 37.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 59.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Blue Nude" (1952) reads as a lit, rich-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #EBE0C3 pulls the eye.

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