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A work made of oil on canvas.

Wind-Swept Sands

William Merritt Chase · 1894

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Palette

Pearl grey
 49% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1
Silver
 33% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1
Taupe
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Stone
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Green earth
 3% of the image
Green · 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

Details

Artist
William Merritt Chase
Date
1894
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
87 × 101.5 cm (34 1/4 × 39 3/4 in.)
Place
Long Island
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Grey · lightness 73, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Eric Oldberg in honor of Milo M. Naeve; Friends of American Art and R. H. Love Galleries funds; Walter Aitken Endowment; through prior acquisitions of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester 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

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