Rolling Rye

Danish title: Bølgende rug (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Peter Hansen · 1894

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Palette

Tan
52% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Silver
34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1

Pale blue-grey
6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.5:1

Cornflower
4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1

Olive brown
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

Smoke
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

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: Peter Hansen
Danish, 1868–1928
Date: 1894
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 85 × 115.5 cm
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 18

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS3800. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1894: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1928: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1999; 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

Rolling Rye

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