Seated Odalisque, Left Knee Bent, Ornamental Background and Checkerboard

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 74.3 x 55.7 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Seated Odalisque, Left Knee Bent, Ornamental Background and Checkerboard by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
28.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
15.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#7F6A4C orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 78°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 28.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Seated Odalisque, Left Knee Bent, Ornamental Background and Checkerboard" (1924) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #2E7D65 pulls the eye.

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