A work made of oil on paper, mounted on canvas.

Study of Pigs

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps · c. 1855

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Palette

Mahogany
40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.2:1

Dark chocolate
34% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.1:1

Raw umber
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

Walnut
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.2:1

Bronze
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

Cinnamon
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1

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

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Artist: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
Date: c. 1855
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Size: 27 × 35.4 cm (11 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Framed: 36.2 × 44.1 × 5.1 cm (14 1/4 × 17 3/8 × 2 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 20, 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

Study of Pigs

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