Desk and bookcase

American artist · 1760–90

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Palette

Pearl grey
53% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.2:1

Burnt sienna
26% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.1:1

Rust
13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1

Umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1

Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1

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: American artist
Date: 1760–90
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Mahogany, chestnut, white pine, yellow pine, yellow poplar, cedar; brass
Size: 99 1/8 x 44 1/8 x 25 3/4 in. (251.8 x 112.1 x 65.4 cm)
Place: United States
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 19

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1915. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Desk and bookcase

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