Coverlet: Eagle Coin

Eileen Knox · 1938

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Palette

Pale stone
67% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1

Sepia
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1

Warm grey
10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1

Prussian blue
5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.8:1

Brick
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1

Smoke
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1

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

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Artist: Eileen Knox
1880–1946
Date: 1938
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Size: overall: 32.9 x 28.7 cm (12 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Place: American
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Index of American Design. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1946: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2017. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Coverlet: Eagle Coin

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