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The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes by Charles Nègre

The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes

Charles Nègre · 1858–59

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Palette

Iron
 60% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Taupe
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1
Warm grey
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Pale stone
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1
Bone white
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.4:1
Mushroom
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

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
Charles Nègre
French, 1820–1880
Date
1858–59
Type
Photograph
Medium
Salted paper print from glass negative
Size
34.2 x 42.5 cm (13 7/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Period
19th century
Themes
Interiors
Main colour
Brown · lightness 45, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus Jr. and Mariana Cook, in honor of André and Marie-Thérèse Jammes, 1998. 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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