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unknown · 1810–20

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Chalk
41% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.1:1

Pale blue-grey
31% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.9:1

Steel blue
12% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1

Straw
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1

Old gold
5% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.9:1

Lichen
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.1:1

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: unknown
Date: 1810–20
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Block printed on handmade paper
Size: H x W: 76 x 51.5 cm (29 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Blue · lightness 76, colourfulness 14

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Smithsonian Open Access marks it CC0 (descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access=CC0; online_media.media[0].usage.a). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1820: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (Smithsonian Open Access usage is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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