Cincinnati Federal Theatre [presents] "Pirates of Penzance" [a] Gilbert & Sullivan operetta

Unknown artist · 1937

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Indigo
48% of the image
Blue · text contrast 15.3:1

Soot
21% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.4:1

Taupe
13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1

Sand
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1

Scarlet
5% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.3:1

Terracotta
1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.0:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: 1937
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: Ohio--Cincinnati
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Blue · lightness 27, colourfulness 25

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.contributor_names: "Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), sponsor."; item.created_published: "Ohio : Federal Art Project, WPA, 1937.". 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

Cincinnati Federal Theatre [presents] "Pirates of Penzance" [a] Gilbert & Sullivan operetta

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