The Lying Nude

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
The Lying Nude by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
73.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
23.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#B8B491 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 103°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 73.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 23.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 73.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Lying Nude" (1906) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Green. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #9E4728 pulls the eye.

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