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A work made of oil on canvas.

Alpine Scene

Gustave Doré · 1865

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 44% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.0:1
Bistre
 32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.2:1
Olive brown
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Duck egg
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.2:1
Khaki
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Lichen
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.5:1

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
Gustave Doré
Date
1865
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
195.5 × 130 cm (77 × 51 1/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Mountains · Trees and forests
Main colour
Brown · lightness 21, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Julius H. Weitzner, Inc.. 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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