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The Olive Grove. Cagnes in the Background. Against the Light by Niels Larsen Stevns

The Olive Grove. Cagnes in the Background. Against the Light

Danish title: Olivenlunden. Cagnes by i baggrunden. Mod lyset (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Niels Larsen Stevns · 1923

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Palette

Iron
 52% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1
Pale stone
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.5:1
Dark ochre
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Moss
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.9:1
Cinnamon
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.6:1
Amber
 2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.4:1

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 Larsen Stevns
Danish, 1864–1941
Date
1923
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
49 × 61.7 cm
Period
20th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 48, colourfulness 13

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS6706. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1923: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1941: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2012; 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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