Self-Portrait

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Self-Portrait by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
28.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#4A4142 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 15°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 28.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 28.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Self-Portrait" (1900) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Warm Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #9F7E41 pulls the eye.

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