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A work made of watercolor, with blotting and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough twill-textured, ivory wove paper.

The Water Fan

Winslow Homer · 1898/99

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Palette

Blue-grey
 50% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.6:1
Pale blue-grey
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Prussian blue
 9% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.9:1
Pearl grey
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.1:1
Warm grey
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1

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
Winslow Homer
American, 1836-1910
Date
1898/99
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor, with blotting and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough twill-textured, ivory wove paper
Size
37.4 × 53.4 cm (14 3/4 × 21 1/16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
Realism · 19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships · Work and rural life
Main colour
Teal · lightness 56, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy A., John A., Jr., and Christopher Holabird in memory of William and Mary Holabird. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1910: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1981. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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