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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Winter Sun

George Gardner Symons · about 1909

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Palette

Taupe
 54% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Mushroom
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Stone
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Warm grey
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Tan
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Peach
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1

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
George Gardner Symons
Date
about 1909
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
120 × 181.6 cm (47 1/4 × 71 1/2 in.)
Place
United States
Period
Impressionism · 20th century
Themes
Landscapes · Winter and snow
Main colour
Brown · lightness 50, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art 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

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