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Day (Truth)

Ferdinand Hodler · 1896/98

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Palette

Ash
 55% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1
Fawn
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1
Pewter
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Pale stone
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Iron
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

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
Ferdinand Hodler
Swiss, 1853–1918
Date
1896/98
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
200.5 × 105 cm (79 × 41 1/2 in.)
Place
Switzerland
Period
19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Joseph Winterbotham 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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