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A work made of oil on canvas.

Ghost Dance (The Vision of Life)

Ralph Albert Blakelock · 1895–97

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 43% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.6:1
Cinnamon
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1
Walnut
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.8:1
Dark ochre
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Raw umber
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Khaki
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

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
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Date
1895–97
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
53.7 × 100 cm (21 1/8 × 39 3/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Music and dance
Main colour
Brown · lightness 21, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester 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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