Music (Sketch)

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 73.4 x 60.8 cm

Lustrous Gamboge
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Music (Sketch) by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
53.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#788362 lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 121°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 53.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 53.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Music (Sketch)" (1907) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #1C1C20 pulls the eye.

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