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A work made of oil on panel.

The Defense of Paris

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · 1870–71

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Palette

Sepia
 30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1
Bistre
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.4:1
Cinnamon
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Bronze
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Dark ochre
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Fawn
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

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-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Date
1870–71
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
29.2 × 36.2 cm (11 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.); Framed: 49.2 × 58.7 cm (19 3/8 × 23 1/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Horses · Cities and streets
Main colour
Brown · lightness 34, colourfulness 22

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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