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Julia Margaret Cameron · 1867, printed 1875

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Palette

Walnut
77% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.2:1

Sepia
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.1:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Fawn
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

Linen
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.6:1

Pale stone
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.7:1

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: Julia Margaret Cameron
English, 1815–1879
Date: 1867, printed 1875
Type: Photograph
Medium: Carbon print
Size: Image/paper: 32 × 25.9 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Mount: 38.3 × 31.7 cm (15 1/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Brown · lightness 32, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Alfred Stieglitz 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