The Yellow Dress

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 Dress by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
30.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
16.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#846F4A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 82°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 30.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Yellow Dress" (1931) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B1BDBA pulls the eye.

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