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A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Boy

Eugène Carrière · 1886

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Palette

Bistre
 38% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.8:1
Sepia
 34% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.3:1
Dark olive
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.9:1
Umber
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Biscuit
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1

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
Eugène Carrière
Date
1886
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
176 × 120.7 cm (68 × 47 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits · Dogs · Interiors
Main colour
Brown · lightness 26, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick. 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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