Lady in Brown

Frederick R. Spencer · c. 1855

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Palette

Charcoal
60% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.6:1

Cinnamon
20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Tan
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Sepia
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Mushroom
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Putty
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

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

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Artist: Frederick R. Spencer
Date: c. 1855
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 76.8 × 62.9 cm (30 1/4 × 24 3/4 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Estate of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. 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

Lady in Brown

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