The Shower

Helen Hyde · 1897

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Palette

Bone white
42% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1

Lichen
36% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.1:1

Pewter
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Slate
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1

Teal
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.6:1

Slate blue
2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.2:1

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: Helen Hyde
American, 1868-1919
Date: 1897
Type: Print
Medium: Color etching on paper
Size: Image/plate: 26.7 × 11.5 cm (10 9/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 33.7 × 16.3 cm (13 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 71, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Edwin F. Gillette and Mrs. Hallie Hyde Irwin. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1919: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1990. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Shower

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