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Mon Ancien Regiment

Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille · 1881

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Palette

Sepia
 32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1
Raw umber
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Mushroom
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Bistre
 8% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.8:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Date
1881
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
47 × 66.5 cm (18 1/2 × 26 1/4 in.); Framed: 73.7 × 94 × 10.8 cm (29 × 37 × 4 1/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Horses · Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 42, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding 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

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