La Deserte (after Jan Davidsz, De Heem)

Sepulchral Crepuscule
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
La Deserte (after Jan Davidsz, De Heem) by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
15.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#341F29 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 354°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 15.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 15.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"La Deserte (after Jan Davidsz, De Heem)" (1893) reads as a deep, rich-saturation balanced palette built around Purple and Pink. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E6CAA7 pulls the eye.

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