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A work made of oil on canvas.

A Turn in the Road

Alfred Sisley · 1873

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Palette

Silver
 42% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1
Smoke
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Green earth
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.6:1
Ash
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Blue-grey
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Graphite
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.3:1

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
Alfred Sisley
Date
1873
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
54.5 × 64.7 cm (20 3/4 × 25 1/2 in.); Framed: 76.2 × 87 × 8.9 cm (30 × 34 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Grey · lightness 59, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester 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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