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Nathan Sherman · [1936 or 1937]

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Oyster
44% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.5:1

Dark chocolate
24% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.9:1

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

Cornflower
10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.9:1

Sepia
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

Pale blue-grey
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

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: Nathan Sherman
Date: [1936 or 1937]
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print (poster) : woodcut, color.
Place: Pennsylvania
Period: 20th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 54, colourfulness 12

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: "Pennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 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

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