WPA exhibit Prints and drawings

Unknown artist · [1939.]

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Palette

Iris
52% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.0:1

Chalk
19% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.1:1

Amethyst
12% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.9:1

Madder
9% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.9:1

Pale gold
6% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.7:1

Byzantium
1% of the image
Purple · text contrast 7.8:1

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: [1939.]
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: Massachusetts
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Blue · lightness 52, colourfulness 53

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: "[Massachusetts : Federal Art Project], 1939.". 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

WPA exhibit Prints and drawings

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