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Paris Diligence by Thomas Rowlandson

Paris Diligence

Thomas Rowlandson · 1810

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Palette

Taupe
 49% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Biscuit
 44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1
Copper
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Old gold
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.4:1
Khaki
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Madder
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.1:1

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
Thomas Rowlandson
1756–1827
Date
1810
Type
Print
Medium
etching and stipple with hand coloring on wove paper
Size
sheet (trimmed to platemark): 25.8 × 38.2 cm (10 3/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Place
British
Period
19th century
Themes
Cities and streets
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 22

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1827: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1898. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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