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"He Turned Their Waters into Blood" by Erastus Salisbury Field

"He Turned Their Waters into Blood"

Erastus Salisbury Field · c. 1865/1880

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Palette

Tan
 37% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Sand
 28% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.1:1
Graphite
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1
Vermilion
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.1:1
Pewter
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Sienna
 2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Erastus Salisbury Field
1805–1900
Date
c. 1865/1880
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 76.8 x 102.9 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/2 in.)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 53, colourfulness 24

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 1900: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1971. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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