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A work made of oil on millboard.

Self-Portrait

Eastman Johnson · 1863

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Palette

Lamp black
 48% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.5:1
Dark chocolate
 27% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.7:1
Bistre
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.4:1
Umber
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.0:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1
Pine
 1% of the image
Green · text contrast 15.4:1

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
Eastman Johnson
Date
1863
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on millboard
Size
39.4 × 30.5 cm (15 1/2 × 12 in.)
Place
United States
Period
Realism · 19th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 11, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Arthur Meeker. 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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