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A work made of oil on panel.

Merrymakers in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade · 1674

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 72% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Sepia
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Bronze
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Slate
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1
Cinnamon
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1

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
Adriaen van Ostade
Date
1674
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
46.7 × 41 cm (18 3/8 × 16 1/8 in.); Framed: 64.8 × 58.7 × 7 cm (25 1/2 × 23 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Place
Holland
Period
17th century
Themes
Interiors · Music and dance
Main colour
Black · lightness 19, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, George B. and Mary R. Harris 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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