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A work made of oil on canvas.

A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear

Elihu Vedder · 1888–98

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Palette

Bistre
42% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.1:1
Soot
25% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.0:1
Smoke
22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Walnut
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1
Mahogany
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.7:1
Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

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

Details

Artist
Elihu Vedder
Date
1888–98
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
40 × 52.4 cm (15 3/4 × 20 5/8 in.)
Place
Rome
Period
19th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 22, colourfulness 11

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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