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A work made of oil on canvas.

Old Tower at Avignon

Samuel Colman · c. 1875

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Palette

Taupe
 50% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Raw umber
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Walnut
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1
Warm grey
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1
Caramel
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Dark ochre
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Samuel Colman
Date
c. 1875
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
20.3 × 23.7 cm (8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 44, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. 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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