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Red Sea

Akseli Gallen-Kallela · 1910

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Palette

Cobalt
 36% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.4:1
Pearl grey
 34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1
Dusty rose
 10% of the image
Pink · text contrast 8.1:1
Lavender grey
 10% of the image
Purple · text contrast 6.0:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1
Cerulean
 5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1

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
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
1865–1931
Date
1910
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
14 × 17.7 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Blue · lightness 59, colourfulness 22

Finnish National Gallery. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1910, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1931: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2002 (Commons: Licensed-PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|Cc-zero|deathyear=1931). Last checked 2026-10-31 (Commons file carries EU and US public-domain templates: yes). Image: a faithful photographic reproduction of a public-domain work, from Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art). Licence rules

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