Open Window, Collioure color palette
Henri Matisse, 1905. The six main colors of the painting, with their codes and how much of it each one covers.
The six colors
- Rust#AF4C3DRGB 175, 76, 6119%
- Verdigris#3D8A84RGB 61, 138, 1329%
- Bone#FFF1EARGB 255, 241, 2348%
- Midnight#1B284ARGB 27, 40, 742%
- Rose clay#FCBEBFRGB 252, 190, 1912%
- Caramel#F48C38RGB 244, 140, 561%
Colors picked by hand by the painter Neli Chaneva. Shares are of the whole painting, rounded. Make your own palette from any picture with Image to Palette.
How the colors work
Rust leads with 19% of the painting, and verdigris follows with 9%.
Caramel is the accent: only 1% of the painting, but strong enough to catch the eye.
Light and dark are far apart: from bone at value 10 down to midnight at 2, on a scale from 0 (black) to 10 (white). That range gives the painting its strong contrast.
Warm and cool are close to balanced: 53% warm, 27% cool.
Verdigris and rose clay sit on opposite sides of the color wheel, so each makes the other look stronger (see complementary colors).
The same colors in gray
Each color beside its value, from light to dark. Painters check this to see the painting’s structure without its colors.
Use this palette
Open the painting in Image to Palette to choose more or fewer colors, see the mixing strips, and save the palette for Procreate or Adobe.
