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A Ship in a Storm on the Atlantic by Vilhelm Arnesen

A Ship in a Storm on the Atlantic

Danish title: Et skib i storm på Atlanterhavet (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Vilhelm Arnesen · 1897

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Palette

Pale blue-grey
 50% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.5:1
Blue-grey
 15% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1
Sky
 12% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.2:1
Slate
 12% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.7:1
Lavender grey
 10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.0:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

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
Vilhelm Arnesen
Danish, 1865–1948
Date
1897
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
109 × 188 cm
Period
19th century
Themes
Boats and ships · Rain and storms
Main colour
Blue · lightness 66, colourfulness 12

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS1552. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1897: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1948: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2019; SMK marks it public domain (PD Mark). Last checked 2026-10-31 (public_domain: yes). Image released by SMK as public domain (PD Mark). Licence rules

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