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The Letter by Karl Hofer

The Letter

Karl Hofer · 1934

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Palette

Charcoal
 65% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.4:1
Fawn
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Taupe
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1
Lemon
 6% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.4:1
Old gold
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Bronze
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

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
Karl Hofer
German, 1878–1955
Date
1934
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
Unframed: 90.7 x 70 cm (35 11/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
Place
Germany, 20th century
Period
20th century
Themes
Reading and letters
Main colour
Black · lightness 35, colourfulness 14

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 1955: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2026. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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