Petit profil (Seated Girl Wearing a Red Coat and a Blue Hat)

Gwen John · 1920/1925

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Palette

Parchment
50% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1

Tan
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Terracotta
9% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1

Copper
9% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.4:1

Fawn
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1

Warm grey
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

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: Gwen John
1876–1939
Date: 1920/1925
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: gouache
Size: overall: 16.7 x 16 cm (6 9/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Place: British
Period: 19th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 70, colourfulness 23

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mimi and Sanford Feld. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1939: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2010. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Petit profil (Seated Girl Wearing a Red Coat and a Blue Hat)

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