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A work made of oil on canvas.

Two Boats in a Storm

Jules Dupré · 1870–75

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Palette

Olive brown
 34% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.5:1
Dark olive
 33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.4:1
Bistre
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.6:1
Raw umber
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Bronze
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Dark chocolate
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.5:1

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
Jules Dupré
Date
1870–75
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
27.3 × 35.2 cm (10 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.); Framed: 42.6 × 49.1 × 3.4 cm (16 3/4 × 19 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships · Rain and storms
Main colour
Brown · lightness 24, colourfulness 23

Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Field Memorial 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

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