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Still Life—Violin and Music by William Harnett

Still Life—Violin and Music

William Harnett · 1888

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Palette

Sepia
 37% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Khaki
 35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Charcoal
 17% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.9:1
Mushroom
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1
Cinnamon
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

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
William Harnett
1848–1892
Date
1888
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Themes
Still life · Music and dance
Main colour
Brown · lightness 39, colourfulness 19

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1963. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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