A work made of oil on paper, mounted on canvas.

View of Genoa

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot · 1834

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Palette

Silver
45% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1

Olive brown
30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1

Taupe
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Bistre
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.2:1

Blue-grey
4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.0:1

Ash
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1

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: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Date: 1834
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Size: 29.5 × 41.7 cm (11 5/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Framed: 42 × 53.4 cm (16 1/2 × 21 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships · Cities and streets
Main colour: Brown · lightness 55, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson 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