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The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo

Francesco Guardi · Late 1770s

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Palette

Pale stone
 54% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Olive brown
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Bistre
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.8:1
Khaki
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Sand
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1
Umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1

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
Late 1770s
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
48 × 78 cm (19 × 30 5/8 in.); Framed: 63.5 × 92.7 × 6.7 cm (25 × 36 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
18th century
Themes
Landscapes · Boats and ships · Flowers · Gardens
Main colour
Brown · lightness 57, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Marion and Max Ascoli Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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