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A work made of watercolor, with graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper.

Two Boys Watching Schooners

Winslow Homer · 1880

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Palette

Putty
 63% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Sand
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Bone white
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.8:1
Sepia
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1

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
Winslow Homer
American, 1836-1910
Date
1880
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor, with graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper
Size
22.7 × 34 cm (8 15/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Boats and ships
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 71, colourfulness 16

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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