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A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Man

Benjamin West · 1790–99

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Palette

Lamp black
 76% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.0:1
Mahogany
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.3:1
Honey
 5% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.0:1
Cinnamon
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Dark ochre
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Burnt sienna
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.7:1

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
Benjamin West
Date
1790–99
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
127 × 102 cm (50 × 40 1/8 in.); Framed: 152.4 × 128.3 × 11.5 cm (60 × 50 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
Place
England
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits · Landscapes
Main colour
Black · lightness 12, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Family of Byron L. Smith. 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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