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Black Cañon, From Camp 8, Looking Above by Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Black Cañon, From Camp 8, Looking Above

Timothy H. O'Sullivan · 1871

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Palette

Linen
 48% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.3:1
Biscuit
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.0:1
Pearl grey
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1
Coffee
 8% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1
Sepia
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Mushroom
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1

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

Details

Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
American, born Ireland, 1840–1882
Date
1871
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Size
20 x 28.1 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/16 in. )
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 74, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1986. 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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