The Princesses

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli · c. 1870

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Palette

Slate
23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1

Pewter
18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Graphite
18% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1

Ash
17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1

Silver
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1

Pearl grey
9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.5:1

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: Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
Date: c. 1870
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 29.8 × 60.6 cm (11 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.); Framed: 54.2 × 84.7 × 7.7 cm (21 3/8 × 33 3/8 × 3 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Gardens
Main colour: Grey · lightness 52, 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