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Textile Merchant by Unknown artist

Textile Merchant

Unknown artist · c. 1840

Palette

Lamp black
68% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.7:1
Scarlet
10% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1
Sand
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1
Caramel
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Slate blue
4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.6:1
Amber
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1840
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 86.3 x 66 cm (34 x 26 in.)
Period
19th century
Main colour
Black · lightness 23, colourfulness 18

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: Anonymous work, made by 1840: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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