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Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa by John La Farge

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa

John La Farge · 1895-1896

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Palette

Pale stone
 77% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.9:1
Ash
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Slate
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Blue-grey
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1
Denim
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.2:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

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
John La Farge
1835–1910
Date
1895-1896
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper mounted to paperboard
Size
board: 38.74 × 58.1 cm (15 1/4 × 22 7/8 in.)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Themes
Boats and ships
Main colour
Green · lightness 71, colourfulness 13

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1960). Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1910: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1981. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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