The Fairies

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli · 1870–80

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Palette

Ink
38% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.9:1

Graphite
23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1

Pewter
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Silver
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1

Slate
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

Pearl grey
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.9:1

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: Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
Date: 1870–80
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 49.5 × 70.6 cm (19 1/2 × 27 3/4 in.); Framed: 73.7 × 94.9 × 6 cm (29 × 37 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Dogs · Mothers and children
Main colour: Grey · lightness 33, colourfulness 0

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 (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules