Wallpaper Design

unknown · 1825–35

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Palette

Cerulean
63% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.7:1

Sky
17% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.4:1

Pale blue-grey
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1

Iron
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1

Linen
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.1:1

Tan
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

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: 1825–35
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Size: 32.2 x 26.6 cm (12 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Place: Austria
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Blue · lightness 58, colourfulness 21

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 1835: 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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