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Lake George by John Frederick Kensett

Lake George

John Frederick Kensett · 1869

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Palette

Putty
 44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Warm grey
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Olive brown
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Bistre
 10% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.4:1
Soot
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Ivory
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1

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

Details

Artist
John Frederick Kensett
American, Cheshire, Connecticut 1816–1872 New York
Date
1869
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
44 1/8 x 66 3/8 in. (112.1 x 168.6 cm)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes
Main colour
Grey · lightness 57, colourfulness 12

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914. 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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