Head of a Girl

Anthony van Dyck · c. 1618–c. 1620

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Palette

Raw umber
37% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1

Taupe
24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Umber
23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1

Bronze
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Walnut
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1

Tan
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

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

Details

Artist: Anthony van Dyck
Date: c. 1618–c. 1620
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 32.4 × 25.1 cm (12 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.); (Framed): 46.1 × 38.8 × 4.8 cm (18 1/8 × 15 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
Place: Flanders
Period: 17th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Brown · lightness 41, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester 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