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A work made of transparent and opaque watercolor, with blotting and scraping, on thick, moderately-textured, ivory wove paper.

Campfire, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer · c. 1892

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Palette

Graphite
 79% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1
Ivory
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1
Moss
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.8:1
Chestnut
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Duck egg
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1

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
Winslow Homer
American, 1836-1910
Date
c. 1892
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor, with blotting and scraping, on thick, moderately-textured, ivory wove paper
Size
38.4 × 54.5 cm (15 1/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Grey · lightness 32, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson 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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