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War Dancer by Monroe Tsatoke

War Dancer

Monroe Tsatoke · ca. 1915-1937

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Palette

Khaki
 79% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Lemon
 7% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 12.1:1
Chestnut
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.5:1
Burnt orange
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.3:1
Dark chocolate
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.9:1
Old gold
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.5:1

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
Monroe Tsatoke
1904–1937
Date
ca. 1915-1937
Type
Painting
Medium
gouache on paper
Size
sheet: 10 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (27.5 x 14.0 cm)
Period
20th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, 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 1937: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2008. 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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