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A work made of oil on panel.

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Peter Paul Rubens · 1636

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Palette

Cinnamon
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Caramel
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Tan
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Mahogany
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.5:1
Chestnut
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 11.9:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.6:1

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
Peter Paul Rubens
Date
1636
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
27 × 42.6 cm (10 5/8 × 16 3/4 in.); Framed: 42.2 × 57.8 × 6.4 cm (16 5/8 × 22 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Place
Flanders
Period
17th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 31

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 (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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