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Lilly Martin Spencer · 1854

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Coffee
52% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.2:1

Umber
22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

Lamp black
13% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.3:1

Sepia
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1

Tan
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

Caramel
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

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: Lilly Martin Spencer
1822–1902
Date: 1854
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 29 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (74.9 x 62.9 cm)
Place: American
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 24, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Max N. Berry, 2015. 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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