River Boat

Charles-François Daubigny · c. 1860

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Palette

Taupe
32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1

Stone
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Charcoal
18% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.8:1

Graphite
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1

Putty
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1

Fawn
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

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: Charles-François Daubigny
Date: c. 1860
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 21.2 × 45.4 cm (8 3/8 × 17 7/8 in.); Framed: 37.5 × 62.3 × 3.9 cm (14 3/4 × 24 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Place: France
Period: Barbizon School · 19th century
Themes: Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 45, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Dr. John J. Ireland. 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