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A work made of albumen print.

Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau

Gustave Le Gray · c. 1856

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Palette

Putty
 25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1
Mushroom
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Coffee
 19% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1
Taupe
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Sepia
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Chalk
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1

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
Gustave Le Gray
French, 1820–1884
Date
c. 1856
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen print
Size
Image/paper: 31.8 × 41.6 cm (12 9/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Mount: 53.2 × 71.1 cm (21 × 28 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Trees and forests
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 51, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; Samuel P. Avery, Wentworth G. Field Memorial, Maurice D. Galleher, General Acquisitions, and Laura T. Magnuson endowments. 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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