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The Smolnoi Monastery

Roger Fenton · 1851-52

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Palette

Bone white
 57% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.0:1
Mushroom
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Taupe
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Oyster
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1
Putty
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Pale stone
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1

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
Roger Fenton
English, 1819–1869
Date
1851-52
Type
Photograph
Medium
Salted paper print
Size
Image/paper: 17.1 × 21.5 cm (6 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.); Mount: 43.4 × 55 cm (17 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 81, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Leigh B. Block. 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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