Head of a Roebuck and Two Ptarmigan

Edwin Henry Landseer · c. 1830

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Sepia
28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

Charcoal
27% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.6:1

Stone
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1

Raw umber
14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Khaki
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Pale stone
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.2:1

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

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Artist: Edwin Henry Landseer
Date: c. 1830
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 22.5 × 30.4 cm (8 7/8 × 12 in.); Framed: 37.5 × 45.5 × 7.7 cm (14 3/4 × 17 7/8 × 3 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Themes: Still life · Birds
Main colour: Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board. 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

Head of a Roebuck and Two Ptarmigan

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