Pastoral

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France · 46 x 55 cm

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.
Pastoral by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#7A786A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 95°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Pastoral" (1905) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #40586C pulls the eye.

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