Dr. John Bard

James Sharples · c. 1793-1799

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Palette

Midnight
63% of the image
Blue · text contrast 14.9:1

Pewter
23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Mushroom
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Iron
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1

Pearl grey
1% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.7:1

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: James Sharples
1751–1811
Date: c. 1793-1799
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: pastel
Size: Overall: 22.9 x 17.8 cm (9 x 7 in.)
Place: American
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Blue · lightness 29, colourfulness 11

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Louise Alida Livingston. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1811: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1882. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Dr. John Bard

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