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The White Tablecloth

Jean Siméon Chardin · c. 1731–32

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Palette

Charcoal
 34% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.6:1
Walnut
 30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.8:1
Silver
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.4:1
Stone
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Taupe
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1

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 Siméon Chardin
Date
c. 1731–32
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
96.8 × 123.5 cm (38 1/8 × 48 5/16 in.); Framed: 126.7 × 154.4 × 14 cm (49 7/8 × 60 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Themes
Still life · Interiors
Main colour
Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection. 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

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