Standing Nude (Nude Study)

Tate Modern, London, UK · 92 x 65 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
Standing Nude (Nude Study) by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
45.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#686E5D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 116°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 45.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 45.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Standing Nude (Nude Study)" (1907) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Cool Grey and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B9833C pulls the eye.

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