Lion on the Watch

Jean-Léon Gérôme · c. 1885

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Sky
38% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.8:1

Pewter
26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Silver
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1

Stone
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1

Iron
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1

Raw umber
3% of the image
Brown · 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

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Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme
French, 1824–1904
Date: c. 1885
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Size: Unframed: 72.3 x 100.5 cm (28 7/16 x 39 9/16 in.)
Place: France, 19th century
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Blue · lightness 60, colourfulness 10

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 1904: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1975. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Lion on the Watch

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