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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Movings

Louis-Léopold Boilly · 1822

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Palette

Pale stone
 31% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Bistre
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.5:1
Tan
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Sepia
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Dark chocolate
 11% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1
Biscuit
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1

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
Louis-Léopold Boilly
Date
1822
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
73 × 92 cm (28 3/4 × 36 1/8 in.); Framed: 94 × 113.4 cm (37 × 44 5/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Cats · Dogs · Horses · Birds · Cities and streets · Mothers and children · Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 46, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Harold L. Stuart Fund. 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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