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Whalers

J. M. W. Turner · ca. 1845

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Palette

Putty
 65% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1
Khaki
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Raw umber
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Fawn
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Olive brown
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1
Dark chocolate
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.5:1

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
J. M. W. Turner
British, London 1775–1851 London
Date
ca. 1845
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (91.8 x 122.6 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1896. 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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