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A work made of oil on panel.

The Capture of Samson

Peter Paul Rubens · 1609–10

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Palette

Bistre
 39% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.9:1
Umber
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1
Bronze
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Khaki
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Biscuit
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.0:1
Cinnamon
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1

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
Peter Paul Rubens
Date
1609–10
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
50.4 × 66.4 cm (19 3/4 × 26 1/8 in.); Framed: 73.3 × 89.5 × 12.1 cm (28 7/8 × 35 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Place
Flanders
Period
17th century
Themes
Interiors · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund. 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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