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Helen

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein · c. 1787

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Palette

Bistre
 55% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.1:1
Cinnamon
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1
Olive brown
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1
Mushroom
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Bronze
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1
Tan
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

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
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
Date
c. 1787
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
63.4 × 49.6 cm (24 15/16 × 19 9/16 in.); Framed: 80.2 × 67.4 × 8.9 cm (31 9/16 × 26 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits · Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 29, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, The Old Masters Society and purchased with funds provided by Roger and Sheryl Griffin, Laurie and James Bay, April Schink through the Old Masters Society. 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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