Don't waste water

Raymond Willcox · between 1941 and 1943

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Palette

Chrome yellow
40% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.3:1

Bistre
25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.3:1

Sand
22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1

Terracotta
6% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1

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

Dark ochre
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

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: Raymond Willcox
Date: between 1941 and 1943
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Yellow · lightness 57, colourfulness 48

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 Art Project, sponsor.". 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

Don't waste water

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