Purple Plums

Carducius Plantagenet Ream · 1895

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Palette

Bistre
80% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.5:1

Mahogany
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.4:1

Olive brown
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

Olive
2% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.9:1

Stone
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

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: Carducius Plantagenet Ream
Date: 1895
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.)
Place: United States
Period: Realism · 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 20, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Catherine M. 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

Purple Plums

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