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A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Man in a Tricorn Hat

John Russell · 1767

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 51% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.3:1
Chestnut
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1
Smoke
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Khaki
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

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
John Russell
Date
1767
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
76 × 64 cm (29 7/8 × 25 3/16 in.)
Place
England
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of John and Dorothy Estabrook. 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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