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A work made of oil on canvas.

Boats at Rest

Arthur Wesley Dow · c. 1895

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Palette

Sepia
 54% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Turquoise
 22% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.0:1
Olive
 11% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1
Graphite
 7% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.4:1
Sage
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.6:1
Malachite
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Arthur Wesley Dow
Date
c. 1895
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
66 × 91.4 cm (26 × 36 in.)
Place
Ipswich
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Boats and ships
Main colour
Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition 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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