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Vertical oil painting of a large pile of discarded armor, weapons, and other items in a guardhouse, including a rolled-up white, yellow, red, and blue flag and a drum. At left, a boy in light-blue clothing holds a gray coat. In the background, a group of men huddle together.

The Guardhouse

David Teniers the Younger · c. 1645

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Palette

Soot
 44% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1
Sepia
 32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1
Fawn
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Madder
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1
Pewter
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Silver
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.0:1

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
David Teniers the Younger
Date
c. 1645
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
72.6 × 55.4 cm (28 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.); Framed: 87 × 69.9 × 5.1 cm (34 1/4 × 27 1/2 × 2 in.)
Place
Flanders
Period
17th century
Themes
Still life · Interiors · Music and dance
Main colour
Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles L. Hutchinson Collection. 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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