William W. Welch

Sheldon Peck · c. 1837

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Soot
81% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1

Tan
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

Bistre
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.6:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Putty
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

Sepia
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1

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

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Artist: Sheldon Peck
American, 1797–1868
Date: c. 1837
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 64.8 × 54.6 cm (25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 16, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Juli and David Grainger Fund. 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

William W. Welch

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