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Painting of bearded, ruddy-faced man in eighteenth century style clothing.

Portrait of a Man in Costume

Jean-Honoré Fragonard · c. 1767–68

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Palette

Khaki
 45% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Mahogany
 44% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.0:1
Umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Cinnamon
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1
Copper
 2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.4:1
Apricot
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

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
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Date
c. 1767–68
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
80.3 × 64.7 cm (31 5/8 × 25 1/2 in.); Framed: 105.5 × 89.6 × 12.7 cm (41 1/2 × 35 1/4 × 5 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mary and Leigh Block in honor of John Maxon. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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