Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints

Gideon Saint · ca. 1760

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Palette

Parchment
70% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.9:1

Putty
19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1

Mushroom
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Pearl grey
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.6:1

Tan
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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: Gideon Saint
British, London 1729–1799 Kent
Date: ca. 1760
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Pen and ink, engraving and etching
Size: sheet: 12 5/8 x 6 11/16 in. (32 x 17 cm) book: 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (34.3 x 21.6 cm)
Period: 18th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 80, colourfulness 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints

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