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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Golden Age

Sir John Edward Poynter · 1875

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Palette

Walnut
 40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.8:1
Dark chocolate
 31% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Raw umber
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Fawn
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Chestnut
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

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
Sir John Edward Poynter
Date
1875
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
137.2 × 53.4 cm (54 × 21 in.); Framed: 162.2 × 78.7 cm (63 7/8 × 31 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Suzette Morton Davidson. 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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