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A work made of oil on canvas.

Thistles

John Singer Sargent · 1883–89

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Palette

Raw umber
 41% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Taupe
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Cinnamon
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Sepia
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1
Umber
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Bronze
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

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 Singer Sargent
Date
1883–89
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
55.9 × 71.8 cm (22 × 28 1/4 in.)
Place
England
Period
Impressionism · Early Modernism · 19th century
Themes
Still life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 42, colourfulness 21

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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