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A work made of oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait

George Peter Alexander Healy · 1873

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Palette

Lamp black
 84% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.6:1
Bistre
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.4:1
Umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.4:1
Caramel
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1
Dark ochre
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

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
George Peter Alexander Healy
Date
1873
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
78.2 × 65.4 cm (30 7/8 × 25 3/4 in.)
Place
United States
Period
Realism · 19th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 9, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of George L. Healy. 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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