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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Marsh

Constant Troyon · 1840

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Palette

Blue-grey
 29% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.2:1
Raw umber
 27% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1
Bistre
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.3:1
Pale stone
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.5:1
Khaki
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Warm grey
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

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
Constant Troyon
Date
1840
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
93 × 140 cm (36 1/2 × 55 in.); Framed: 122 × 169 cm (48 × 66 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 44, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by David and Mary Winton Green. 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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