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A work made of oil on canvas mounted on board.

The Essex Canal

Albert Pinkham Ryder · c. 1896

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Palette

Pistachio
 53% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.1:1
Khaki
 19% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.1:1
Straw
 14% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.8:1
Olive
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.5:1
Sage
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.4:1
Olive brown
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

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
Albert Pinkham Ryder
American, 1847–1917
Date
c. 1896
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on board
Size
41.3 × 52.1 cm (16 1/4 × 20 1/2 in.)
Place
United States
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Green · lightness 70, colourfulness 34

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Geist. 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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