Basket of Fruit

Unknown artist · c. 1830

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Palette

Straw
47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.0:1

Green earth
26% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.0:1

Copper
13% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.5:1

Chrome yellow
6% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.5:1

Charcoal
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.0:1

Ochre
2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.3:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1830
Type: Painting
Medium: watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)
Size: overall: 40.6 x 48.4 cm (16 x 19 1/16 in.)
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 34

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 1830: 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

Basket of Fruit

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