Boats on the Beach, Etrétat

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Boats on the Beach, Etrétat by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#656763 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 121°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Boats on the Beach, Etrétat" (1920) reads as a shadowed, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #141313 pulls the eye.

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