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Corridor in the Asylum by Vincent van Gogh

Corridor in the Asylum

Vincent van Gogh · September 1889

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Palette

Putty
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1
Cinnamon
 23% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.2:1
Ochre
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Warm grey
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Lichen
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1
Silver
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

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
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise
Date
September 1889
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Brush and oils over black chalk on pink laid paper
Size
25 5/8 x 19 5/16in. (65.1 x 49.1cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Interiors
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1948. 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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