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A work made of oil on canvas.

A Mexican Vaquero

Frederic Remington · 1890

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Palette

Fawn
 46% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1
Silver
 40% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.7:1
Bronze
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1
Burnt sienna
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.8:1
Charcoal
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.5:1
Tan
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

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
Frederic Remington
Date
1890
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
82.6 × 58.4 cm (32 1/2 × 23 in.)
Place
New York
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 14

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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