The Building of the Dam

J. Alden Weir · 1908

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Smoke
39% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.4:1

Green earth
26% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.8:1

Putty
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1

Moss
6% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.2:1

Spruce
6% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.5:1

Ash
5% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.0:1

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

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Artist: J. Alden Weir
American, 1852–1919
Date: 1908
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: Unframed: 76 x 101.6 cm (29 15/16 x 40 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 52, colourfulness 15

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Artist died 1919: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1990. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Building of the Dam

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