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A work made of thinly albumenized print.

Captain Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards (an Early Photographer), Taken at the Crimea

Roger Fenton · 1855

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Palette

Biscuit
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.7:1
Taupe
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Fawn
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1
Mushroom
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Bone white
 14% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.1:1
Iron
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

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
Roger Fenton
English, 1819–1869
Date
1855
Type
Photograph
Medium
Thinly albumenized print
Size
Image/paper: 17.4 × 12.9 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Mount: 25.7 × 18.4 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler. 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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