Cyclamen Pourpre

Private Collection · 73 x 60 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Cyclamen Pourpre by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
45.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
44.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#636B8B blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 302°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 45.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 44.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 45.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Cyclamen Pourpre" (1911) reads as a mid, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Red. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #DD6F6E pulls the eye.

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