Nude's Back

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, US

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.
Nude's Back by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#767167 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 84°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nude's Back" (1918) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #DBDDDE pulls the eye.

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