Laurette with Long Locks

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Laurette with Long Locks by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
56.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#8E8779 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 89°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 56.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 56.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Laurette with Long Locks" (1916) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Slate. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E9CF94 pulls the eye.

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