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A work made of oil on canvas.

Cows in a Pond at Sunset

Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1860

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Palette

Dark olive
 46% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.7:1
Olive brown
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.2:1
Bronze
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Tan
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Fawn
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Green earth
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1

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
1860
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
19.1 × 35.9 cm (7 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.)
Place
New York
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Sunrise and sunset
Main colour
Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. 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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