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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Grand Canal, Venice

Francesco Guardi · c. 1760

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Palette

Blue-grey
 56% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Charcoal
 20% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.9:1
Sepia
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Khaki
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Fawn
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

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
Francesco Guardi
Date
c. 1760
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
73 × 119.4 cm (28 3/4 × 47 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes · Cities and streets
Main colour
Grey · lightness 46, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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