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Bacchanal by Nicolas Poussin

Bacchanal

Nicolas Poussin · ca. 1635–36

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Palette

Putty
 30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1
Fawn
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1
Taupe
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Mushroom
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Sepia
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1
Bone white
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.8:1

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
Nicolas Poussin
French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome
Date
ca. 1635–36
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over faint black chalk
Size
5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (13.3 x 20.6 cm.)
Period
16th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, David T. Schiff Gift, 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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