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The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) by Henri Matisse

The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room)

Henri Matisse · 1907

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Palette

Crimson
 45% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.4:1
Aubergine
 33% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.1:1
Silver
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1
Marigold
 4% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.5:1
Terracotta
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.4:1
Royal blue
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.3:1

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
1907
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
180.5 × 221 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Interiors
Main colour
Red · lightness 34, colourfulness 36

Hermitage Museum. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1907, 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-old-auto-expired|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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