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Alexander Grant

Cosmo Alexander · 1770

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Palette

Walnut
 32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.6:1
Olive brown
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1
Chestnut
 20% of the image
Red · text contrast 11.1:1
Taupe
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Dark chocolate
 7% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.5:1
Mushroom
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1

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

Details

Artist
Cosmo Alexander
Date
1770
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
127.7 × 101.6 cm (50 1/4 × 40 in.)
Place
Scotland
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits · Landscapes
Main colour
Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle 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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