Box with Painted Lid

Hudson River School · 19th century

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Palette

Chalk
58% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.8:1

Umber
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.1:1

Dark chocolate
11% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.1:1

Straw
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1

Khaki
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Cinnamon
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

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

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Artist: Hudson River School
American, mid 19th cen.
Date: 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Paint on papier-mâché
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 68, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Decorative arts purchase Fund. 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

Box with Painted Lid

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