Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes Denison

The Denison Limner · c. 1790

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Palette

Soot
62% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.2:1

Biscuit
22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.7:1

Caramel
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Garnet
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.2:1

Pewter
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.9:1

Brick
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.0:1

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: The Denison Limner
1710–1850
Date: c. 1790
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 86.7 x 68.7 cm (34 1/8 x 27 1/16 in.)
Place: American
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 34, colourfulness 14

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 1850: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1921. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes Denison

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