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Peasants Going to Work

Peasants Going to Work

Jean-François Millet · 1863

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Palette

Linen
67% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.2:1

Stone
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1

Taupe
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Putty
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1

Sepia
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Graphite
1% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.2:1

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
French, 1814-1875
Date: 1863
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black crayon on paper
Size: 23 × 18 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Work and rural life
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 76, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter. 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