Sunset

Eugène Delacroix · ca. 1850

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Palette

Stone
44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1

Pewter
21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

Slate
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1

Fawn
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1

Pale blue-grey
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

Sand
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1

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: Eugène Delacroix
French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris
Date: ca. 1850
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Pastel on blue laid paper
Size: Overall: 8 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (20.4 x 25.9 cm)
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Sunrise and sunset
Main colour: Grey · lightness 60, colourfulness 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2014. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules