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A work made of oil on canvas.

Mother and Children

Pál Szinyei Merse · 1869

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Palette

Moss
 40% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1
Taupe
 28% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Putty
 22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1
Brick
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.9:1
Umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Graphite
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.2:1

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
Pál Szinyei Merse
Date
1869
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
137 × 94.5 cm (54 × 37 1/4 in.); Framed: 162 × 119.1 × 8.9 cm (63 3/4 × 46 7/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place
Hungary
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Flowers · Mothers and children
Main colour
Green · lightness 49, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education. 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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