A painting of a large group of people having a picnic on a seaside cliff. It's a clear day, and children climb a tree. Someone holds a drum. A mother sings to her baby, and everyone plays.

Springtime and Love

Francesco Paolo Michetti · 1878

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Palette

Blue-grey
54% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1

Olive brown
21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

Warm grey
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

Tan
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Dark olive
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.8:1

Putty
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1

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

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Artist: Francesco Paolo Michetti
Date: 1878
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 94.6 × 184.3 cm (37 1/2 × 72 3/4 in.); Framed: 110.2 × 200.7 × 8.9 cm (43 3/8 × 79 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place: Italy
Period: 19th century
Themes: Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships · Flowers · Dogs · Music and dance
Main colour: Grey · lightness 55, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, A. A. Munger 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

Springtime and Love

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