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The Old Road to the Sea by William Merritt Chase

The Old Road to the Sea

William Merritt Chase · c. 1893

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Palette

Lichen
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Pearl grey
 32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1
Pale blue-grey
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Sky
 9% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.0:1
Green earth
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.5:1
Stone
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.6:1

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 Merritt Chase
American, 1849–1916
Date
c. 1893
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
Former: 118.5 x 144 x 5.5 cm (46 5/8 x 56 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 69, 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 1916: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1987. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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