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A herondz silhouette sits amongst the brush in a golden hued forest.

The Home of the Heron

George Inness · 1893

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Palette

Walnut
 30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.6:1
Umber
 30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.1:1
Cinnamon
 23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1
Dark chocolate
 10% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1
Caramel
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Copper
 1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.2:1

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
George Inness
Date
1893
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
76.2 × 115.2 cm (30 × 45 in.)
Place
Florida
Period
Post-Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Birds
Main colour
Brown · lightness 22, colourfulness 29

Art Institute of Chicago, Edward B. Butler 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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