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A work made of photogravure, frontispiece from "pictures of east anglian life," published by sampson low, marston, searle & rivington (1888).

In the Haysel (Norfolk)

Peter Henry Emerson · c. 1883/87, printed 1888

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Palette

Linen
 39% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.5:1
Taupe
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Smoke
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Stone
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Putty
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1
Pale stone
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1

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

Details

Artist
Peter Henry Emerson
printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co., London
Date
c. 1883/87, printed 1888
Type
Photograph
Medium
Photogravure, Frontispiece from "Pictures of East Anglian Life," published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (1888)
Size
Image: 28.2 × 33.3 cm (11 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 33.3 × 42.8 cm (13 1/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 69, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Gallery Fund. 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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