The Siesta

Paul-Albert Besnard · c. 1890 – 1920

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Palette

Viridian
44% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.7:1

Green earth
26% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1

Olive brown
20% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.0:1

Blue-grey
6% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.3:1

Pale stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1

Old gold
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.2:1

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

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Artist: Paul-Albert Besnard
French, 1849–1934
Date: c. 1890 – 1920
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on board
Size: Unframed: 65.5 x 53.7 cm (25 13/16 x 21 1/8 in.)
Place: France, 19th century
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 44, colourfulness 21

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 1934: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2005. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Siesta

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