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A work made of oil on panel.

Houses on the Fox River, Illinois

Artist unknown · 1881–90

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Palette

Soot
 33% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.0:1
Dark olive
 31% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.1:1
Pewter
 13% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.6:1
Green earth
 11% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.6:1
Lichen
 10% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.0:1
Cinnamon
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

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
Artist unknown
Date
1881–90
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
53.7 × 69.9 cm (21 1/8 × 27 1/2 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Rivers and lakes
Main colour
Green · lightness 33, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of John C. Murphy. 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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