Painting of centaur with harp, in water, surrounded by mermaids and mermen.

In the Sea

Arnold Böcklin · 1883

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Stone
44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1

Charcoal
21% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.0:1

Iron
16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1

Pine
10% of the image
Teal · text contrast 14.3:1

Spruce
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1

Pewter
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

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: Arnold Böcklin
Date: 1883
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 86.5 × 115 cm (34 3/8 × 45 3/4 in.); Framed: 130.8 × 158.8 × 17.8 cm (51 1/2 × 62 1/2 × 7 in.)
Place: Switzerland
Period: 19th century
Themes: Seascapes and the coast · Rivers and lakes · Music and dance · Myths and legends
Main colour: Grey · lightness 44, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Winterbotham Collection. 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

In the Sea

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