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A work made of oil on canvas.

Mississippi Fisherman

George Caleb Bingham · c. 1850

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Palette

Coffee
 80% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.5:1
Umber
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Sepia
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Bronze
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

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
George Caleb Bingham
Date
c. 1850
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
74.9 × 62.5 cm (29 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Boats and ships · Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 21, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Jamee J. and Marshall Field. 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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