Polycrates and the Fisherman

Salvator Rosa · 1664

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Bistre
56% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.8:1

Slate blue
16% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.2:1

Blue-grey
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Smoke
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1

Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

Putty
2% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.0:1

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: Salvator Rosa
Date: 1664
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 73 × 98.6 cm (28 1/2 × 38 13/16 in.); Framed: 87 × 112.4 × 7 cm (34 1/4 × 44 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Place: Italy
Period: 17th century
Themes: Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Mountains · Work and rural life
Main colour: Brown · lightness 29, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Wentworth Greene Field Memorial Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Polycrates and the Fisherman

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