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A work made of oil on canvas.

Captain John Garish

John Smibert · 1737

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 53% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.6:1
Bistre
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.3:1
Olive brown
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1
Raw umber
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.7:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

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
John Smibert
Date
1737
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
75.9 × 62.6 cm (29 7/8 × 24 5/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 19, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Barrett Wendell Jr.. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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