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Colonel Francis James Scott by Henry Raeburn

Colonel Francis James Scott

Henry Raeburn · 1796/1811

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Palette

Charcoal
 57% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.9:1
Raw umber
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Sepia
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Rust
 13% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.4:1
Chestnut
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Apricot
 1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Henry Raeburn
1756–1823
Date
1796/1811
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 128 x 102 cm (50 3/8 x 40 3/16 in.)
Place
Scottish
Period
18th century
Main colour
Black · lightness 27, colourfulness 14

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1823: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1894. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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