J. Ellis Bonham

William Bonnell · March 5, 1825

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Dark olive
43% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1

Raw umber
20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

Olive brown
14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1

Soot
12% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1

Bronze
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Sand
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1

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

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Artist: William Bonnell
American, 1804–1865
Date: March 5, 1825
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 30.5 × 24.9 cm (12 × 9 13/16 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, 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

J. Ellis Bonham

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