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The Blue Kitchen by Ludvig Karsten

The Blue Kitchen

Danish title: Det blå køkken (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Ludvig Karsten · 1913

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Palette

Prussian blue
 72% of the image
Blue · text contrast 13.5:1
Slate
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1
Slate blue
 9% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.3:1
Graphite
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.4:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1
Pewter
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Ludvig Karsten
Norwegian, 1876–1926
Date
1913
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
77.9 × 53.1 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Interiors
Main colour
Blue · lightness 23, colourfulness 13

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS3427. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1913: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1926: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1997; 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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