The Riverbank

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The Riverbank by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#7E7670 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 57°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Riverbank" (1907) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D1CC44 pulls the eye.

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