Roseate Spoonbill

Robert Havell · 1836

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Palette

Taupe
28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1

Linen
26% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.5:1

Putty
25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

Iron
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.7:1

Blush
9% of the image
Pink · text contrast 8.6:1

Rose
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

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: Robert Havell
1793–1878
Date: 1836
Type: Print
Medium: hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
Size: plate: 64.5 x 97.2 cm (25 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.)
Place: American
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 65, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1878: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1949. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Roseate Spoonbill

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