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Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church

Heart of the Andes

Frederic Edwin Church · 1859

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Palette

Olive brown
 47% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1
Silver
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Dark ochre
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Taupe
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Pale stone
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1

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 Edwin Church
American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York
Date
1859
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
66 1/8 x 120 3/16 in. (168 x 302.9cm)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Mountains · Trees and forests
Main colour
Brown · lightness 45, colourfulness 22

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Margaret E. Dows, 1909. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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