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A work made of watercolor, with blotting and sanding, over charcoal, on moderately thick, moderately textured, ivory wove paper.

Prout's Neck, Breakers

Winslow Homer · 1883

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Palette

Ash
 44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1
Oyster
 26% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.3:1
Coffee
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.8:1
Blue-grey
 9% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.5:1
Slate
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1
Smoke
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1

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
1883
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor, with blotting and sanding, over charcoal, on moderately thick, moderately textured, ivory wove paper
Size
38.1 × 54.6 cm (15 × 21 1/2 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 8

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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