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A work made of oil on canvas.

The August Moon

William Trost Richards · 1889

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Palette

Fawn
 25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Taupe
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Stone
 21% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.1:1
Sepia
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Dark olive
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1
Sand
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1

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
William Trost Richards
Date
1889
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
45.7 × 81 cm (18 × 31 7/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 50, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Nickerson Collection. 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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