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Nocturne by John La Farge

Nocturne

John La Farge · ca. 1885

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Palette

Linen
 46% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1
Steel blue
 31% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.1:1
Blue-grey
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Silver
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1
Denim
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.3:1
Prussian blue
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.8:1

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
John La Farge
American, New York 1835–1910 Providence, Rhode Island
Date
ca. 1885
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on off-white wove paper adhered to wove paper
Size
8 1/4 x 7 in. (21 x 17.8 cm)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers · Still life · Night and moonlight
Main colour
Blue · lightness 68, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Louise Veltin, 1937. 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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