Posters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston

Russell W. West · between 1936 and 1938

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Palette

Chalk
42% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.7:1

Midnight
18% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.0:1

Sky
17% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.2:1

Oxblood
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.3:1

Blue-grey
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Prussian blue
5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.5:1

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

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Artist: Russell W. West
Date: between 1936 and 1938
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: Massachusetts--Boston
Period: 20th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 59, colourfulness 12

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: "[Boston, Ma. : Federal Art Project, between 1936 and 1938]". 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

Posters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston

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