Still Life

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Still Life by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
20.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#765441 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 56°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Still Life" (1941) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. One color carries 38% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #C59E26 pulls the eye.

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