A work made of watercolor and pen and brown iron gall ink over graphite on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream japanese paper.

Near Vichy

Jean-François Millet · 1866/67

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Palette

Pale stone
31% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1

Taupe
28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1

Iron
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1

Warm grey
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Putty
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Mushroom
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1

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: Jean-François Millet
French, 1814-1875
Date: 1866/67
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Watercolor and pen and brown iron gall ink over graphite on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream Japanese paper
Size: 10.9 × 16.1 cm (4 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 58, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Celia and David Hilliard. 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

Near Vichy

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