Figure of a Lion

John Bell · 1845–55

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Palette

Smoke
44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Ash
25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1

Dark chocolate
13% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.0:1

Umber
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1

Copper
6% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.0:1

Caramel
4% of the image
Brown · 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: John Bell
American, Hagerstown, Maryland 1800–1880 Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Date: 1845–55
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Earthenware
Size: Height: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 46, colourfulness 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, William Cullen Bryant Fellows Gifts, 2016. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Figure of a Lion

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