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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Fates Gathering in the Stars

Elihu Vedder · 1887

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Palette

Coffee
 45% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.2:1
Sepia
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1
Umber
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Walnut
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Smoke
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1

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
Elihu Vedder
Date
1887
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
113 × 82.6 cm (44 1/2 × 32 1/2 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art 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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