Moonrise

George Inness · 1891

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Palette

Dark chocolate
29% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1

Walnut
26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.4:1

Bronze
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

Dark ochre
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Taupe
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1

Ink
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.6:1

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: 1891
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 76.5 × 64.1 cm (30 1/8 × 25 1/4 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Night and moonlight
Main colour: Brown · lightness 25, colourfulness 22

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