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A work made of black crayon on buff wove paper with blue fibers.

The Lovers

Jean-François Millet · 1846/50

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Palette

Fawn
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Stone
 38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Taupe
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Sepia
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1
Linen
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 13.3:1
Graphite
 1% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.5:1

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-François Millet
French, 1814-1875
Date
1846/50
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black crayon on buff wove paper with blue fibers
Size
35.2 × 22.3 cm (13 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering 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

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