InspiredBy
✨ Surprise ♡ 0
  1. Home
  2. Paintings
  3. Apollo and Marsyas
A work made of oil on panel.

Apollo and Marsyas

Hans Thoma · 1888

View at the AIC ↗

Palette

Bistre
 52% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.7:1
Umber
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1
Blue-grey
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Smoke
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Slate blue
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.4:1
Tan
 1% 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
Hans Thoma
Date
1888
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
101 × 73.5 cm (39 3/4 × 28 7/8 in.); Framed: 127.4 × 100.1 cm (50 1/8 × 39 3/8 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Music and dance · Myths and legends
Main colour
Black · lightness 27, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gift of Henry Morgen, Ann G. Morgen, Meyer Wasser, and Ruth G. Wasser. 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

Works that share this palette

Search by colour

The closest palettes among 5004 works, by average colour distance between the two palettes.

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, Eugène Delacroix Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion Eugène Delacroix, 1849–50 Polycrates and the Fisherman, Salvator Rosa Polycrates and the Fisherman Salvator Rosa, 1664 Theodosius Repulsed from the Church by Saint Ambrose, Alessandro Magnasco Theodosius Repulsed from the Church by Saint Ambrose Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1705 The Penitence of Saint Jerome, Joachim Patinir The Penitence of Saint Jerome Joachim Patinir, ca. 1515 The Music Lesson, Gerard ter Borch The Music Lesson Gerard ter Borch, c. 1670 Mrs. Benjamin Schaum (Anna Maria Heckensweiler), Jacob Eichholtz Mrs. Benjamin Schaum (Anna Maria Heckensweiler) Jacob Eichholtz, 1808–10

More like this by theme

All landscapes
The Death of Orpheus, Henri Leopold Levy The Death of Orpheus Henri Leopold Levy, c. 1870 The Abduction of Europa, David Teniers the Younger The Abduction of Europa David Teniers the Younger, 1654–56 The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1884–89 In the Sea, Arnold Böcklin In the Sea Arnold Böcklin, 1883 Mahana no atua (Day of the God), Paul Gauguin Mahana no atua (Day of the God) Paul Gauguin, 1894 Ghost Dance (The Vision of Life), Ralph Albert Blakelock Ghost Dance (The Vision of Life) Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1895–97