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A work made of oil on canvas.

Rip Van Winkle

John Quidor · 1829

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Palette

Bistre
 48% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.3:1
Taupe
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Raw umber
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Bronze
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Pale stone
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

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
John Quidor
American, 1801–1881
Date
1829
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
69.9 × 87.3 cm (27 1/2 × 34 3/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 31, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding 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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