Careless talk costs lives / Al Doria

Unknown artist · [between 1941 and 1943]

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Palette

Bone white
42% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1

Deep blue
39% of the image
Purple · text contrast 14.0:1

Lavender grey
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Denim
7% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.6:1

Scarlet
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.3:1

Madder
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.4:1

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: [between 1941 and 1943]
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: La.
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Purple · lightness 54, colourfulness 33

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

Careless talk costs lives / Al Doria

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