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Persons in Louis XV Costumes

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli · c. 1880

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Palette

Dark chocolate
55% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.5:1

Mahogany
23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.5:1

Chestnut
13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.4:1

Cinnamon
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1

Dark ochre
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

Umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1

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: Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
Date: c. 1880
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on cradled panel
Size: 32 × 46.3 cm (12 5/8 × 18 1/4 in.); Framed: 50.8 × 65.1 × 5.4 cm (20 × 25 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Interiors
Main colour: Brown · lightness 14, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clarke. 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