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A work made of oil on canvas.

Mrs. Thomas Sprigg

John Hesselius · 1764

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Palette

Soot
46% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.3:1
Taupe
19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Graphite
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.4:1
Smoke
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Prussian blue
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1
Pewter
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

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
John Hesselius
Date
1764
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
125.3 × 96.5 cm (49 5/16 × 38 in.)
Place
United States
Period
18th century
Main colour
Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Goodman Fund. 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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