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unknown · ca. 1830

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Caramel
24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1

Pale blue-grey
20% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.5:1

Cinnamon
18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Graphite
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1

Pale gold
17% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.7:1

Chalk
5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1

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: ca. 1830
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Block-printed
Size: 28.5 x 16.5 cm (11 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 57, colourfulness 28

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 1830: 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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