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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · c. 1880

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Pearl grey
39% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.4:1

Silver
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1

Ash
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1

Pewter
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Slate
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

Charcoal
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.0:1

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

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Artist: Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Date: c. 1880
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 105.1 × 90.2 cm (41 3/8 × 35 1/2 in.); Framed: 120.1 × 104.8 × 8.9 cm (47 1/4 × 41 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Horses
Main colour: Grey · lightness 68, colourfulness 0

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

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