The Goldfish

Danish title: Guldfiskene (English title translated by InspiredBy)

Henri Matisse · 1912

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Palette

Graphite
77% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1

Ash
18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1

Sienna
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1

Lavender grey
2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.2:1

Spruce
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.1:1

Sand
0% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1

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

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Artist: Henri Matisse
French, 1869–1954
Date: 1912
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 82 × 93.5 cm
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 32, colourfulness 6

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, inv. KMSr82. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Dated 1912: published before 1931 or unpublished with the author dead over 70 years. Europe: Artist died 1954: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2025; 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

The Goldfish

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