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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Banks of the River Durance at Saint Paul

Paul Guigou · 1864

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Palette

Duck egg
 46% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.3:1
Celadon
 24% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.7:1
Khaki
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Biscuit
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1
Lichen
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.2:1
Green earth
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.3:1

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
Paul Guigou
Date
1864
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
62 × 148 cm (24 1/2 × 58 1/4 in.); Framed: 88.3 × 172.8 × 10.2 cm (34 3/4 × 68 × 4 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Rivers and lakes · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Green · lightness 72, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Jointly acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago, through the Searle Freedom Trust. 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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