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A work made of oil on canvas.

Hillside with Trees

William Morris Hunt · 1872–78

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Palette

Putty
 31% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1
Bistre
 30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.9:1
Raw umber
 23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1
Fawn
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

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
William Morris Hunt
American, 1824–1879
Date
1872–78
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
30.6 × 40.6 cm (12 1/16 × 16 in.)
Place
Boston
Period
19th century
Themes
Trees and forests
Main colour
Brown · lightness 48, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the 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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