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Mrs. Mayer and Daughter by Ammi Phillips

Mrs. Mayer and Daughter

Ammi Phillips · 1835–40

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Palette

Lamp black
 69% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.8:1
Scarlet
 10% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.9:1
Putty
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1
Smoke
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Burnt sienna
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.7:1
Tan
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

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
Ammi Phillips
1788–1865
Date
1835–40
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
37 7/8 x 34 1/4 in. (96.2 x 87 cm)
Place
American
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits · Mothers and children
Main colour
Black · lightness 21, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1962. 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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