Japanese Mask

Lustrous Sage
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Japanese Mask by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
80.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
31.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-3.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#B8CFA4 lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 124°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 80.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 31.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 80.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Japanese Mask" (1950) reads as a mid, mid-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Slate. One color carries 74% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #33549C pulls the eye.

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