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Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin · 1766

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Palette

Biscuit
 30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1
Pale stone
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1
Putty
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1
Mushroom
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Warm grey
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
French, Paris 1724–1780 Paris
Date
1766
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Brush and gray wash, over black chalk and graphite
Size
7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in. (18.2 x 12.2 cm)
Period
18th century
Themes
Flowers · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 74, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971. 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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