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Adam Rolland of Gask II

Henry Raeburn · 1800–10

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Palette

Lamp black
 75% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.0:1
Bistre
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.8:1
Olive
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.9:1
Dark olive
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.1:1
Raw umber
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Pale gold
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.4:1

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
Henry Raeburn
Date
1800–10
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
198.5 × 152.6 cm (78 1/8 × 60 1/8 in.); Framed: 213.4 × 166.4 × 8.3 cm (84 × 65 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place
Scotland
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits · Interiors · Reading and letters
Main colour
Black · lightness 14, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Louise B. and Frank H. Woods Purchase Fund. 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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