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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Keeper of the Flock

Jean-François Millet · 1871–74

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 34% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.3:1
Khaki
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1
Biscuit
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.0:1
Umber
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.3:1
Green earth
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.1:1
Raw umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

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
Jean-François Millet
Date
1871–74
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
71.7 × 91.5 cm (28 × 36 in.); Framed: 105.5 × 125.1 × 14 cm (41 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
Barbizon School · 19th century
Themes
Work and rural life
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 39, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball 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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