Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves

Private Collection

Dusky Crepuscule
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#756756 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 78°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves" (1900) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Mauve. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #727677 pulls the eye.

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