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Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler

Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler · 1871–73

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Palette

Sepia
40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1

Taupe
27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Raw umber
23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

Bistre
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.2:1

Tan
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

Bronze
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

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: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871–73
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 43.7 × 34.8 cm (17 3/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Place: London
Period: Impressionism · Early Modernism · 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mary T. Wentworth in memory of her husband, John. 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