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[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey] by William Henry Fox Talbot

[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey]

William Henry Fox Talbot · probably 1835

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Palette

Smoke
 84% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Oyster
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.3:1
Bone white
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.9:1
Parchment
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.3:1
Silver
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Warm grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1

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
William Henry Fox Talbot
British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock
Date
probably 1835
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Paper negative
Size
Sheet: 8.5 × 11.6 cm (3 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.), irregularly trimmed
Period
19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 50, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and Anonymous Gifts, 1997. 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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