The Squirrel

Seymour Joseph Guy · 1860s–70s

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Palette

Dark olive
38% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.3:1

Dark chocolate
25% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.7:1

Sepia
22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1

Olive brown
8% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.7:1

Moss
5% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.6:1

Taupe
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1

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: Seymour Joseph Guy
Date: 1860s–70s
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 51.3 × 35.6 cm (20 3/16 × 14 in.)
Place: New York City
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 24, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the 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

The Squirrel

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