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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Benjamin West · 1791, retouched 1803

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Palette

Lamp black
 55% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.4:1
Dark olive
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.9:1
Walnut
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.7:1
Bronze
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Cinnamon
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

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
Benjamin West
Date
1791, retouched 1803
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
48.6 × 72.9 cm (19 1/8 × 28 11/16 in.)
Place
England
Period
18th century
Themes
Gardens · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 19, colourfulness 14

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 (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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