May Night

Willard Metcalf · 1906

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Palette

Spruce
39% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.4:1

Forest
26% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.2:1

Pine
19% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.0:1

Deep teal
10% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.2:1

Smoke
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Ash
2% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.3:1

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: Willard Metcalf
1858–1925
Date: 1906
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 99.54 × 91.76 cm (39 3/16 × 36 1/8 in.)
Place: American
Period: 20th century
Themes: Night and moonlight
Main colour: Green · lightness 30, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1907). 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

May Night

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