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A work made of oil on canvas.

Rocky Coast

John Frederick Kensett · c. 1860

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Palette

Celadon
 49% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.2:1
Pewter
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Dark olive
 10% of the image
Green · text contrast 13.9:1
Olive brown
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1
Khaki
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Bronze
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

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
John Frederick Kensett
Date
c. 1860
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
35.6 × 61 cm (14 × 24 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Green · lightness 55, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Brooks McCormick. 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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