The Windshield

Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Cleveland, OH, US

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
The Windshield by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
58.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#928B83 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 81°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 58.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 58.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Windshield" (1917) reads as a mid, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Dusty Pink. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D2DBDC pulls the eye.

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