The Red Onions

National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst), Copenhagen, Denmark · 46 x 55 cm

Lustrous Gamboge
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
The Red Onions by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#69746A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 134°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Red Onions" (1906) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #6D332C pulls the eye.

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