Nude with a Blue Necklace

Soft Tawny
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Nude with a Blue Necklace by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
54.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#8B7E77 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 58°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 54.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 54.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Nude with a Blue Necklace" (1936) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Amber. One color carries 34% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #4F7874 pulls the eye.

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