Blue Sketchbook

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Blue Sketchbook by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
30.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
29.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
26.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#683B33 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 38°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 30.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 29.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 30.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Blue Sketchbook" (1945) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #537057 pulls the eye.

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