The Toboggan

Lustrous Bloom
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Bloom Soft pinkish blush - the delicate flush of petals or morning cloud.
The Toboggan by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
39.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
27.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#98685C red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 42°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 39.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Toboggan" (1943) reads as a shadowed, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Pink and Amber. One color carries 33% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #6DC013 pulls the eye.

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