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"A Scene in York" - York Minster from Lop Lane

William Henry Fox Talbot · July 28, 1845

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Palette

Stone
 63% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1
Chalk
 19% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.0:1
Oyster
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.8:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Slate
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Warm grey
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

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
William Henry Fox Talbot
English, 1800–1877
Date
July 28, 1845
Type
Photograph
Medium
Salted paper print
Size
Image: 16.2 × 20.4 cm (6 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Paper: 18.6 × 22.5 cm (7 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Themes
Cities and streets
Main colour
Grey · lightness 70, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kovler. 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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