Copenhagen Roads

Danish title: Københavns rhed (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Vilhelm Arnesen · 1905

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Ash
56% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1

Smoke
31% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

Lavender grey
5% of the image
Purple · text contrast 5.0:1

Iron
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1

Charcoal
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1

Pale stone
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.9:1

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

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Artist: Vilhelm Arnesen
Danish, 1865–1948
Date: 1905
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 93.5 × 140.5 cm
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 54, colourfulness 9

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS3449. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1905: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years.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

Copenhagen Roads

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