Master Cleeves

William Matthew Prior · 1850

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Soot
39% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.7:1

Rust
30% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.1:1

Peach
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1

Honey
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

Caramel
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

Green earth
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1

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: William Matthew Prior
1806–1873
Date: 1850
Type: Painting
Medium: aqueous medium on cardboard
Size: overall: 41.3 x 30.3 cm (16 1/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Place: American
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Red · lightness 38, colourfulness 28

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1873: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1944. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Master Cleeves

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