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A work made of oil on canvas.

Solitude

Joshua Shaw · 1818

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Palette

Bistre
 47% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.7:1
Dark olive
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1
Stone
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Bronze
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1

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
Joshua Shaw
Date
1818
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
54.5 × 78.7 cm (21 1/2 × 31 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; the George F. Harding 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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