Studio, Quay of Saint-Michel

Private Collection

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Studio, Quay of Saint-Michel by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
35.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#58534C gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 77°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 35.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 35.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Studio, Quay of Saint-Michel" (1916) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Sage. One color carries 34% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #AC3F29 pulls the eye.

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