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A work made of oil on canvas.

This Was a Fatal Embarkation

Frederic Remington · 1898

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Palette

Putty
 43% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1
Stone
 35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Sepia
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Graphite
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.5:1
Charcoal
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.8:1

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
Frederic Remington
Date
1898
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
68.6 × 102.2 cm (27 × 40 1/4 in.)
Place
New York
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 13

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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