"The weavers" by Gerhart Hauptmann opens November 25

Unknown artist · [between 1936 and 1941]

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Palette

Lamp black
43% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.8:1

Linen
33% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.5:1

Taupe
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

Fire red
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.1:1

Apricot
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1

Persimmon
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: [between 1936 and 1941]
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: California
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 42, colourfulness 11

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". 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

"The weavers" by Gerhart Hauptmann opens November 25

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