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Green River Cliffs, Wyoming by Thomas Moran

Green River Cliffs, Wyoming

Thomas Moran · 1881

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Palette

Walnut
 38% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1
Stone
 38% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1
Tan
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Taupe
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1
Terracotta
 4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1
Pale gold
 4% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.9:1

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
Thomas Moran
1837–1926
Date
1881
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 63.5 x 157.5 cm (25 x 62 in.)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast · Rivers and lakes
Main colour
Brown · lightness 46, colourfulness 17

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Milligan and Thomson Families. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1926: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1997. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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