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A work made of watercolor and gouache on blue wove paper.

Gurnet's Head

J. M. W. Turner · n.d.

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Palette

Silver
 53% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1
Pewter
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Mushroom
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Deep teal
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1
Chalk
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.2:1
Raw umber
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1

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
n.d.
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor and gouache on blue wove paper
Size
18.3 × 24.7 cm (7 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Place
England
Period
18th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Chester D. Tripp. 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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