In the Auvergne

Jean-François Millet · c. 1866–69

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Palette

Olive brown
62% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1

Blue-grey
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Pewter
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Bistre
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.0:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

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: c. 1866–69
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 81.5 × 99.9 cm (32 1/16 × 39 1/4 in.); Framed: 117.5 × 136.9 × 21 cm (46 1/4 × 53 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: Barbizon School · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes
Main colour: Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 19

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