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Weymouth Bay by David Lucas

Weymouth Bay

David Lucas · 1830

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Palette

Pearl grey
 29% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.3:1
Iron
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Graphite
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1
Smoke
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Warm grey
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Silver
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.7:1

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
David Lucas
British, Geddington Chase, Northamptonshire 1802–1881 London
Date
1830
Type
Print
Medium
Mezzotint on chine collé; progress proof
Size
Image: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 in. (14.3 × 18.1 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 8 15/16 in. (17.6 × 22.7 cm) Sheet: 11 13/16 × 15 1/8 in. (30 × 38.4 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rain and storms
Main colour
Grey · lightness 54, colourfulness 3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939. 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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