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Coast Scene, Bathers

Coast Scene, Bathers

James McNeill Whistler · 1884–85

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Palette

Smoke
36% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1

Pewter
33% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Blue-grey
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1

Slate
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Warm grey
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

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: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884–85
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 13.3 × 21.9 cm (5 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
Place: United States
Period: Impressionism · Early Modernism · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast
Main colour: Grey · lightness 47, colourfulness 4

Art Institute of Chicago, Walter S. Brewster 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