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A work made of oil on canvas.

Landscape with Cottages

John Constable · 1809–10

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Palette

Umber
 29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1
Bistre
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.6:1
Dark chocolate
 21% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.5:1
Taupe
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Sepia
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

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

Details

Artist
John Constable
Date
1809–10
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
15 × 29.2 cm (5 7/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 24, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Elsie K. White. 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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