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The Scullion

Augustin Théodule Ribot · c. 1865

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Palette

Lamp black
 69% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.8:1
Bistre
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.4:1
Sepia
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Dark chocolate
 7% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.3:1
Coffee
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.4:1
Umber
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1

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
Augustin Théodule Ribot
Date
c. 1865
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
92.5 × 52.5 cm (36 3/8 × 20 5/8 in.); Framed: 112.8 × 74 × 10.2 cm (44 3/8 × 29 1/8 × 4 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits · Work and rural life
Main colour
Black · lightness 13, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial 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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