A work made of album of ten leaves; watercolor on paper.

Album Cover for Collection of Ship paintings

Unknown artist · mid 19th century

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Palette

Steel blue
77% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.3:1

Slate blue
9% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.5:1

Green earth
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1

Celadon
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.6:1

Sage
3% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.6:1

Blue-grey
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: mid 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Album of ten leaves; watercolor on paper
Size: Cover: 23.5 × 34.3 cm (9 1/4 × 13 1/2 in.); Each: 19.1 × 29.9 cm (7 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
Place: Guangdong
Period: 19th century
Themes: Boats and ships
Main colour: Blue · lightness 47, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Mrs. Clark C. Wright gift in memory of Clark C. Wright. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Album Cover for Collection of Ship paintings

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