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"Bird" Shelf by Majel G. Claflin

"Bird" Shelf

Majel G. Claflin · c. 1940

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Palette

Pale stone
 60% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1
Viridian
 13% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.2:1
Teal
 13% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.4:1
Deep teal
 8% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.8:1
Sage
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.0:1
Silver
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1

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
Majel G. Claflin
1893–1941
Date
c. 1940
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper
Size
overall: 35.3 x 28.2 cm (13 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Place
American
Period
20th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Grey · lightness 67, colourfulness 17

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 1941: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2012. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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