The Lagoon 1

Gleaming Sienna
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
The Lagoon 1 by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
73.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#BDB0B9 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 342°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 73.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 73.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Lagoon 1" (1943) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Slate. One color carries 88% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #15191C pulls the eye.

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