The Neopolitan

Julia Margaret Cameron · 1864/65

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Palette

Bistre
65% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.7:1

Sepia
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.2:1

Taupe
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Linen
7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1

Mushroom
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

Putty
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1

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: Julia Margaret Cameron
English, 1815–1879
Date: 1864/65
Type: Photograph
Medium: Albumen print
Size: 25.4 × 20 cm (10 × 7 7/8 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 31, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Gallery Fund. 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