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Dancing Woman. Megara by Niels Skovgaard

Dancing Woman. Megara

Danish title: Dansende kvinde. Megara (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Niels Skovgaard · 1910

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Palette

Putty
 36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.1:1
Chalk
 29% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.2:1
Apricot
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Soot
 5% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.1:1
Slate blue
 5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.5:1
Iron
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

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
Niels Skovgaard
Danish, 1858–1938
Date
1910
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on paper
Size
51.5 × 34.5 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 17

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS4230. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1910: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1938: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2009; 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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