The Young Sailor I

Private Collection · 100 x 82 cm

Lustrous Mellow
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
The Young Sailor I by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
52.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#857F59 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 99°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 52.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 52.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Young Sailor I" (1906) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D9C073 pulls the eye.

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