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A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Young Man

John Wollaston · 1749–52

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Palette

Charcoal
 48% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.7:1
Lamp black
 29% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.7:1
Dark olive
 15% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.9:1
Spruce
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.8:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

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 Wollaston
Date
1749–52
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
133.4 × 107.6 cm (52 1/2 × 42 3/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 17, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Goodman Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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