Catherine Brower

McKay · 1791

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Palette

Sand
39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1

Olive
25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1

Dark ochre
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Dark olive
9% of the image
Green · text contrast 15.0:1

Turquoise
9% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.1:1

Burnt sienna
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.1:1

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: McKay
1711–1851
Date: 1791
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 115.6 x 70.2 cm (45 1/2 x 27 5/8 in.)
Place: American
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 54, colourfulness 31

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 1851: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1922. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Catherine Brower

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