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Nasturtiums with The Dance II by Henri Matisse

Nasturtiums with The Dance II

Henri Matisse · 1912

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Palette

Indigo
 78% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.4:1
Apricot
 6% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.8:1
Madder
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.8:1
Sand
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Mahogany
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.3:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Henri Matisse
1869–1954
Date
1912
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
190.5 × 114.5 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Blue · lightness 31, colourfulness 30

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1912, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1954: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2025 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-1923|deathyear=1954). Last checked 2026-10-31 (Commons file carries EU and US public-domain templates: yes). Image: a faithful photographic reproduction of a public-domain work, from Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art). Licence rules

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