The Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra)

Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), Baltimore, MD, US · 92 x 140 cm

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.
The Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#5D5B54 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 89°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra)" (1907) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #DBCAB3 pulls the eye.

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