A work made of pastel with stumping, pen and black ink, and touches of black chalk, on cream wove paper, laid down on wood pulp board.

The Old Mill

Jean-François Millet · 1866/70

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Palette

Bistre
36% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.8:1

Soot
31% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.2:1

Warm grey
17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Sepia
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Coffee
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.7:1

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

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Artist: Jean-François Millet
French, 1814-1875
Date: 1866/70
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Pastel with stumping, pen and black ink, and touches of black chalk, on cream wove paper, laid down on wood pulp board
Size: 39.8 × 48.2 cm (15 11/16 × 19 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 25, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of John Wentworth. 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

The Old Mill

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