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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Crystal Palace

Camille Pissarro · 1871

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Palette

Silver
 43% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1
Iron
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1
Taupe
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Ash
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1
Pewter
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Slate
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

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
Camille Pissarro
Date
1871
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
47.2 × 73.5 cm (19 × 29 in.); Framed: 72.4 × 98.5 × 12.1 cm (28 1/2 × 38 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Horses · Cities and streets · Mothers and children
Main colour
Grey · lightness 56, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Bensinger. 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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