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Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds by Martin Johnson Heade

Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds

Martin Johnson Heade · 1871

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Palette

Sepia
 60% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Warm grey
 25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Dusty rose
 7% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.3:1
Khaki
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Pale stone
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1
Brick
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.5:1

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
Martin Johnson Heade
1819–1904
Date
1871
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on wood
Size
overall: 34.8 x 45.6 cm (13 11/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 44, colourfulness 12

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1904: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1975. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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