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A work made of oil on cradled panel.

Chariot Race

Jean-Léon Gérôme · 1876

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Palette

Taupe
 29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Pale blue-grey
 25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Sepia
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Blue-grey
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Smoke
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Putty
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1

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
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Date
1876
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on cradled panel
Size
86.3 × 156 cm (34 × 61 7/16 in.); Framed: 108.6 × 174 cm (42 3/4 × 68 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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