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unknown · 1817–27

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Palette

Lemon
40% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.8:1

Warm grey
32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Pale gold
10% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.2:1

Sand
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1

Pale stone
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1

Straw
2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.7:1

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: unknown
Date: 1817–27
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Block-printed on handmade paper
Size: 87.5 x 62.5 cm (34 7/16 x 24 5/8 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Yellow · lightness 71, colourfulness 38

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 1827: 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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