Brooch

Marcus and Co. · ca. 1900

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Palette

Pearl grey
83% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1

Olive
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1

Cinnamon
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

Blush
1% of the image
Pink · text contrast 11.1:1

Walnut
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.0:1

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: Marcus and Co.
American, New York, 1892–1942
Date: ca. 1900
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Plique-à-jour enamel, conch pearl, diamond, platinum and eighteen karat gold
Size: Length: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 83, colourfulness 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler and Family, 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

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