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York Harbor, Coast of Maine

Martin Johnson Heade · 1877

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Palette

Putty
 48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1
Taupe
 29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Dark olive
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.0:1
Olive brown
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1
Parchment
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1
Olive
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Martin Johnson Heade
Date
1877
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
38.7 × 76.8 cm (15 1/4 × 30 1/4 in.)
Place
York Harbor
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Herbert A. Vance; Americana, Lacy Armour and Roger McCormick endowments; through prior gifts of Dr. and Mrs. R. Gordon Brown, Emily Crane Chadbourne, George F. Harding Collection, Brooks McCormick, and James S. Pennington. 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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