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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Tête-à-tête

Emile van Marcke · c. 1875–90

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Palette

Dark olive
 40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.5:1
Umber
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.5:1
Bronze
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1
Dark chocolate
 7% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.0:1
Olive brown
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Dark ochre
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Emile van Marcke
Date
c. 1875–90
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
27.3 × 40.4 cm (10 3/4 × 15 7/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 27, colourfulness 26

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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