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A work made of watercolor and gouache, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, edge mounted on cream wove card.

Mussooree and the Dhoon from Landour

J. M. W. Turner · c. 1835

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Palette

Pale stone
 51% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1
Sand
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1
Pale blue-grey
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Stone
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

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. M. W. Turner
English, 1775–1851
Date
c. 1835
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, edge mounted on cream wove card
Size
12.3 × 20.2 cm (4 7/8 × 8 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial 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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