Desk and Bookcase

American artist · ca. 1811

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Palette

Silver
62% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1

Burnt orange
13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

Burnt sienna
12% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.2:1

Taupe
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Caramel
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

Fawn
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

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: ca. 1811
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Mahogany, satinwood, maple, verre églomisé with cedar
Size: 91 x 72 x 19 1/8 in. (231.1 x 182.9 x 48.6 cm)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage and various other donors, by exchange, 1969. 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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