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Still Life with Flowers Surrounded by Insects and a Snail by Clara Peeters

Still Life with Flowers Surrounded by Insects and a Snail

Clara Peeters · c. 1610

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 47% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Linen
 46% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.6:1
Caramel
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1
Chestnut
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.5:1
Crimson
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.3:1
Pale gold
 1% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.5:1

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
Clara Peeters
1594–1640
Date
c. 1610
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on copper
Size
overall: 16.6 × 13.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Place
Flemish
Period
17th century
Themes
Flowers · Still life
Main colour
Black · lightness 49, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1640: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1711. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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