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A work made of oil on canvas.

Meetinghouse Hill, Roxbury, Massachusetts

John Ritto Penniman · 1799

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Palette

Pine
 39% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.8:1
Duck egg
 28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1
Smoke
 20% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.5:1
Pearl grey
 9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.9:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1

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 Ritto Penniman
Date
1799
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
73.6 × 94 cm (29 × 37 in.)
Place
Roxbury
Period
18th century
Themes
Landscapes · Cities and streets
Main colour
Black · lightness 48, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Centennial Year Acquisition and Centennial Year Major Acquisition funds. 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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