The Sand Pits, Hampstead Heath

John Linnell · 1834

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Coffee
34% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.3:1

Pewter
28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

Umber
24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

Bronze
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

Ash
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1

Tan
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

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: John Linnell
Date: 1834
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 24.1 × 38.1 cm (9 1/2 × 15 in.); Framed: 33.7 × 47.7 × 5.1 cm (13 1/4 × 18 3/4 × 2 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Horses · Work and rural life
Main colour: Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Julius Lewis. 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

The Sand Pits, Hampstead Heath

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