Woman in Yellow and Blue with a Guitar

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Woman in Yellow and Blue with a Guitar by Henri Matisse

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
49.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#84706D red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 32°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 49.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 49.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Woman in Yellow and Blue with a Guitar" (1939) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Amber. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #DFA85B pulls the eye.

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