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A work made of albumen print, from the album "souvenirs du camp de châlons".

Chalons Encampment: Maneuvers on October 3 (Camp de Châlons: manoeuvres du 3 octobre)

Gustave Le Gray · 1857

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Palette

Putty
 33% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1
Charcoal
 26% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.6:1
Parchment
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1
Iron
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Chalk
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.8:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Gustave Le Gray
French, 1820–1884
Date
1857
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons"
Size
27 × 36 cm (10 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment. 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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