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A work made of oil on mahogany panel.

George Washington

Edward Savage · 1793

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Palette

Lamp black
 65% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.1:1
Dark chocolate
 22% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1
Umber
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1
Copper
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Raw umber
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Tan
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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
Edward Savage
Date
1793
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on mahogany panel
Size
47 × 35.9 cm (18 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 10, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Catherine Colvin. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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