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A work made of salted paper print.

The Chess Players

William Henry Fox Talbot · c. 1843/47

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Palette

Taupe
 42% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Fawn
 26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1
Stone
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Slate
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Linen
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.5:1

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

Details

Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot
English, 1800–1877
Date
c. 1843/47
Type
Photograph
Medium
Salted paper print
Size
19.9 × 15 cm (7 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kovler. 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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