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William Henry Fox Talbot
New Hall of Lincoln's Inn, London

New Hall of Lincoln's Inn, London

William Henry Fox Talbot · c. 1841/46

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Palette

Bone white
38% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.3:1

Stone
28% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

Pale stone
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.3:1

Putty
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1

Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1

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: c. 1841/46
Type: Photograph
Medium: Salted paper print
Size: Image: 20 × 17 cm (7 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 22.4 × 18.4 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Themes: Cities and streets
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 77, colourfulness 12

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