The Italian Woman

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY, US · 116.7 x 89.5 cm

Dusky Tawny
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
The Italian Woman by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#65624E yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 102°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Italian Woman" (1916) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #CAD5D4 pulls the eye.

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