Seated Odalisque

Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, US · 46.5 x 38.3 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.
Seated Odalisque by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
17.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#81625B red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 37°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Seated Odalisque" (1922) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #6B3B82 pulls the eye.

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