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A work made of oil on millboard.

The Sisters

George Inness · 1882

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Palette

Charcoal
 32% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.8:1
Putty
 24% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.1:1
Olive brown
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Forest
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.7:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Green earth
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.6:1

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 Inness
Date
1882
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on millboard
Size
50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Main colour
Green · lightness 39, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Edward B. Butler 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

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