The Yellow and Plaid Dresses

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 Yellow and Plaid Dresses by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
66.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
43.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
24.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#C19C68 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 78°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 66.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 43.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 66.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Yellow and Plaid Dresses" (1941) reads as a mid, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #53855E pulls the eye.

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