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Vincent Burzy · 1935/1942

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Putty
65% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1

Blue-grey
20% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.5:1

Midnight
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.8:1

Prussian blue
6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.5:1

Indigo
2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.3:1

Pewter
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

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: Vincent Burzy
1889–1948
Date: 1935/1942
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard
Size: overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.)
Place: American
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 59, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Index of American Design. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1948: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2019. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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