Reading girl

Musee d'Art Moderne de Troyes, Troyes, France · 28 x 35 cm

Lustrous Calico
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Reading girl by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#896E5E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 60°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Reading girl" (1922) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #6F362B pulls the eye.

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