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Drain Diggers by Laurits Andersen Ring

Drain Diggers

Danish title: Drænrørsgravere (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Laurits Andersen Ring · 1885

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Palette

Tan
 58% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Pearl grey
 16% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.5:1
Raw umber
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Terracotta
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1
Silver
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Walnut
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1

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
Laurits Andersen Ring
Danish, 1854–1933
Date
1885
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
142.5 × 111.5 cm
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 19

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMS8078. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1885: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1933: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2004; 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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