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Untitled (Naval Action) by Henry Lyman Saÿen

Untitled (Naval Action)

Henry Lyman Saÿen · n.d.

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Palette

Charcoal
 32% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.7:1
Powder blue
 25% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.7:1
Cobalt
 24% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.0:1
Scarlet
 10% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.8:1
Ash
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Chestnut
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1

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
n.d.
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
ink and tempera on paperboard
Size
sheet: 15 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (38.7 x 36.8 cm)
Themes
Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships
Main colour
Blue · lightness 46, colourfulness 19

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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