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The Little Shepherdess

The Little Shepherdess

Jean-François Millet · 1868–72

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Palette

Dark chocolate
38% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.7:1

Bistre
24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.8:1

Raw umber
20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Khaki
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Warm grey
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.5:1

Smoke
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1

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: Jean-François Millet
Date: 1868–72
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 35.7 × 25.5 cm (14 × 10 in.); Framed: 54.6 × 53.5 cm (21 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: Barbizon School · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Work and rural life
Main colour: Brown · lightness 24, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer 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