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Calligraphic #2 Woman on Chair by Henry Lyman Saÿen

Calligraphic #2 Woman on Chair

Henry Lyman Saÿen · 1914-1918

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Palette

Linen
 48% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.1:1
Charcoal
 19% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.2:1
Periwinkle
 10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.5:1
Lemon
 10% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 11.4:1
Sapphire
 8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.2:1
Persimmon
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.0:1

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
1914-1918
Type
Painting
Medium
watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard
Size
sheet: 10 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.5 cm)
Period
20th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 63, colourfulness 27

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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