The Blue Jug

Dusky Heather
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
The Blue Jug by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#6B5D54 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 57°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Blue Jug" (1899) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #5E70AD pulls the eye.

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