Entrance to the Kasbah

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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.
Entrance to the Kasbah by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
30.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#636775 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 310°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 30.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Entrance to the Kasbah" (1912) reads as a shadowed, 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 #C93C27 pulls the eye.

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