The Ochre Head

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 Ochre Head by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
72.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
30.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#C5B08F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 80°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 72.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 30.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 72.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Ochre Head" (1937) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #CF3611 pulls the eye.

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