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A work made of watercolor and gouache over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board.

Sunset and Moonrise

J. M. W. Turner · c. 1832

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Palette

Putty
 63% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Fawn
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Taupe
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Sepia
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1
Ash
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

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. 1832
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor and gouache over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board
Size
29.4 × 45.5 cm (11 5/8 × 17 15/16 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Themes
Sunrise and sunset
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Mrs. Stanley McCormick. 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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