Painting of a vast autumn scene with two very small figures in Indigenous clothing standing on a cliff overlooking a massive waterfall in the distance.

Distant View of Niagara Falls

Thomas Cole · 1830

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Palette

Dark chocolate
46% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.7:1

Taupe
23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Umber
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.2:1

Pale stone
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1

Pale blue-grey
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

Rust
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

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

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Artist: Thomas Cole
Date: 1830
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Size: 47.9 × 60.6 cm (18 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.)
Place: Niagara Falls
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes
Main colour: Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art 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

Distant View of Niagara Falls

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