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Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills

Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills

Sanford Robinson Gifford · c. 1861

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Palette

Dark chocolate
38% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.6:1

Iron
17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1

Steel blue
17% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.2:1

Taupe
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Blue-grey
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Caramel
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

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: Sanford Robinson Gifford
Date: c. 1861
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 17.2 × 24.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Sunrise and sunset
Main colour: Black · lightness 36, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Jamee J. and Marshall Field. 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