A House on the Alheden Heath

Danish title: Et hus på Alheden (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Hans Smidth · 1912

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Chalk
35% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.0:1

Tan
29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1

Pale gold
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

Terracotta
6% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.1:1

Pale stone
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1

Biscuit
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1

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

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Artist: Hans Smidth
Danish, 1839–1917
Date: 1912
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 44 × 71.5 cm
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 71, colourfulness 22

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS4167. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1912: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1917: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1988; 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

A House on the Alheden Heath

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