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Sailing Boats

Sailing Boats

Paul Klee · 1927

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Palette

Cobalt
44% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.8:1

Linen
30% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.6:1

Slate
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Lavender
9% of the image
Purple · text contrast 7.8:1

Rose
5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.9:1

Royal purple
3% of the image
Purple · text contrast 7.7:1

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: Paul Klee
1879–1940
Date: 1927
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Watercolour and pencil on cardboard and paper
Size: 22.8 × 30.2 cm
Period: 20th century
Themes: Boats and ships
Main colour: Blue · lightness 59, colourfulness 28

Zentrum Paul Klee. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1927, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1940: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2011 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1940). 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