Nu Au Drape

Soft Mellow
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Nu Au Drape by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
53.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#8D7C71 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 63°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 53.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 53.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nu Au Drape" (1919) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #86888B pulls the eye.

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