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Portrait of the Painter Karl Schou by Karl Isakson

Portrait of the Painter Karl Schou

Danish title: Portræt af maleren Karl Schou (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Karl Isakson · 1909-1913

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Palette

Mushroom
 37% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Sepia
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Caramel
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1
Prussian blue
 17% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.0:1
Smoke
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Dark olive
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.5:1

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

Details

Artist
Karl Isakson
Swedish, 1878–1922
Date
1909-1913
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
96 × 76 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 46, colourfulness 18

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS4448. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1909-1913: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1922: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1993; 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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