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The Watering Can (Emblems: The Garden) by Roger de La Fresnaye

The Watering Can (Emblems: The Garden)

Roger de La Fresnaye · 1913

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Palette

Sky
 37% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.1:1
Sepia
 31% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Stone
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Emerald
 8% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.0:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Cerulean
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Roger de La Fresnaye
1885–1925
Date
1913
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 88.9 × 200.66 cm (35 × 79 in.)
Place
French
Period
20th century
Themes
Gardens
Main colour
Blue · lightness 53, colourfulness 16

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1925: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1996. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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