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A work made of oil on panel.

The Carousal (Scene from Faust?)

French School · c. 1860–70

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Palette

Charcoal
 52% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.7:1
Graphite
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.4:1
Lamp black
 18% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.3:1
Slate
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Smoke
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Ash
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1

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
French School
Date
c. 1860–70
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
19.7 × 35.1 cm (7 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.); Framed: 31.4 × 45.1 × 4.5 cm (12 3/8 × 17 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Black · lightness 19, colourfulness 0

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

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