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A work made of oil on canvas.

Still Life with Eggs and a Leg of Mutton

French School · 1780–90

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Palette

Khaki
 44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Biscuit
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.0:1
Walnut
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.6:1
Copper
 9% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.2:1
Olive brown
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Straw
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1

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
French School
Date
1780–90
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
79.9 × 92.2 cm (31 7/8 × 36 5/16 in.); Framed: 99.1 × 110.5 × 13.6 cm (39 × 43 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Themes
Still life
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 28

Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Fund. 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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