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A work made of watercolor and gouache on cream wood-pulp laminate board.

Flowers

J. Alden Weir · 1880

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Palette

Sand
 53% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1
Green earth
 25% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1
Spruce
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1
Old gold
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Dusty rose
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.0:1
Lemon
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.7:1

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
J. Alden Weir
American, 1852-1919
Date
1880
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor and gouache on cream wood-pulp laminate board
Size
66.5 × 56 cm (26 3/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1919: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1990. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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