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A work made of oil on canvas on panel.

Self-Portrait

Eastman Johnson · 1889

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Palette

Lamp black
 72% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.0:1
Dark chocolate
 8% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.6:1
Walnut
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.8:1
Raw umber
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1
Bronze
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Tan
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Eastman Johnson
Date
1889
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas on panel
Size
45.7 × 35.2 cm (18 × 13 7/8 in.)
Place
New York City
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 12, colourfulness 6

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. George P.A. Healy. 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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