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Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lake front, world's largest and most beautiful illuminated fountain ... / Buczak by John Buczak

Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lake front, world's largest and most beautiful illuminated fountain ... / Buczak

John Buczak · [1939]

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Palette

Ultramarine
 56% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.6:1
Midnight
 28% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.9:1
Cornflower
 6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.8:1
Powder blue
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1
Khaki
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.4:1
Lemon
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 12.5:1

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
John Buczak
Date
[1939]
Type
Print
Medium
1 print (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place
Illinois
Period
20th century
Themes
Rivers and lakes
Main colour
Blue · lightness 32, colourfulness 40

Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Library record. Public domain. United States: US federal government work (17 U.S.C. 105): item.created_published: "Illinois : Federal Art Project, [1939]". Not applicable: a US government work. Last checked 2026-10-31 (rights statement says no known restrictions: yes). Image: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; no known restrictions on publication. Licence rules

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