View of the Sea, Normandy

Alexandre Desgoffe · 1852

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Palette

Deep teal
41% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.3:1

Pewter
34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

Sepia
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Putty
5% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.6:1

Steel blue
4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1

Linen
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1

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: Alexandre Desgoffe
1805–1882
Date: 1852
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: pastel on buff wove paper
Size: overall: 22 x 32 cm (8 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Place: French
Period: 19th century
Themes: Seascapes and the coast
Main colour: Teal · lightness 46, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jill Newhouse. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1882: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1953. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

View of the Sea, Normandy

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