Odalisque

Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), Baltimore, MD, US · 74.5 x 55.5 cm

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
Odalisque by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#6C5F4A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 82°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Odalisque" (1926) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C6996D pulls the eye.

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