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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Dance

Pietro Longhi · c. 1750

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 77% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.7:1
Olive brown
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Bronze
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Khaki
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.1:1
Celadon
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.4:1
Walnut
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.1:1

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
Pietro Longhi
Date
c. 1750
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
61.6 × 49.6 cm (24 1/4 × 19 1/2 in.); Framed: 74.3 × 59.1 × 6.4 cm (29 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Interiors · Music and dance
Main colour
Black · lightness 20, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester 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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