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A work made of oil on canvas.

Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples

Vincent van Gogh · 1887

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Palette

Pale blue-grey
 66% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1
Taupe
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Iron
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1
Khaki
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Chestnut
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Olive
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1

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
Vincent van Gogh
Date
1887
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
46.5 × 55.2 cm (18 1/4 × 21 3/4 in.); Framed: 57.8 × 66.7 × 5.1 cm (22 3/4 × 26 1/4 × 2 in.)
Place
Paris
Period
Post-Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Still life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 60, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Kate L. Brewster. 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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