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The Buoy (La bouée) by Paul Signac

The Buoy (La bouée)

Paul Signac · 1894

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Palette

Silver
 55% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Straw
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.0:1
Pale gold
 12% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.6:1
Honey
 5% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.9:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1
Tangerine
 2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.9:1

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
Paul Signac
1863–1935
Date
1894
Type
Print
Medium
6-color lithograph
Size
sheet (trimmed to image): 40.1 x 32.4 cm (15 13/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Place
French
Period
19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 75, 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 1935: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2006. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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