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The Thundershower by Henry Lyman Saÿen

The Thundershower

Henry Lyman Saÿen · ca. 1917-1918

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Palette

Chalk
 32% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.2:1
Ink
 31% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.3:1
Pewter
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1
Indigo
 10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.1:1
Saffron
 5% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.9:1
Burnt orange
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Henry Lyman Saÿen
1875–1918
Date
ca. 1917-1918
Type
Painting
Medium
tempera on wood
Size
36 x 46 in. (91.4 x 116.8 cm.)
Period
20th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 52, colourfulness 13

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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