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Northern Landscape, Spring

Northern Landscape, Spring

Caspar David Friedrich · c. 1825

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Palette

Blue-grey
59% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.4:1

Putty
14% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.7:1

Sand
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

Taupe
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Bronze
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

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: Caspar David Friedrich
1774–1840
Date: c. 1825
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 35.3 × 49.1 cm (13 7/8 × 19 5/16 in.)
Place: German
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes
Main colour: Blue · lightness 55, colourfulness 16

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1840: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1911. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules