Application du Cercle Chromatique de Mr. Ch. Henry

Paul Signac · 1889

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Palette

Parchment
54% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1

Graphite
36% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.3:1

Ochre
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

Persimmon
3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.5:1

Madder
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.0:1

Pale gold
1% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.9:1

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

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Artist: Paul Signac
1863–1935
Date: 1889
Type: Print
Medium: color lithograph on card
Size: sheet: 16.2 x 18.5 cm (6 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Place: French
Period: 19th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 62, colourfulness 20

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Atlas 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 1935: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2006. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Application du Cercle Chromatique de Mr. Ch. Henry

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