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Scheherazade by Henry Lyman Saÿen

Scheherazade

Henry Lyman Saÿen · 1915

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Palette

Navy
 43% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.2:1
Moss
 22% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.3:1
Ash
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1
Mustard
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1
Garnet
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.6:1
Burnt orange
 4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.1:1

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

Details

Artist
Henry Lyman Saÿen
1875–1918
Date
1915
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.3 cm.)
Period
20th century
Themes
Landscapes · Music and dance
Main colour
Black · lightness 35, colourfulness 30

Smithsonian American Art 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: Artist died 1918: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1989. 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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