A work made of color lithograph on newsprint.

The Phoenix, from Puck

Joseph Keppler · 1890

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Palette

Parchment
38% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1

Straw
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1

Olive brown
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

Khaki
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

Warm grey
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

Bronze
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

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

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Artist: Joseph Keppler
American, 1638-1894
Date: 1890
Type: Print
Medium: Color lithograph on newsprint
Size: 23.9 × 22.2 cm (9 7/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 25

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Miss Nathalie Gookin. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1894: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1965. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Phoenix, from Puck

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