Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges

Victor Hugo · 1857

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Palette

Sepia
53% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1

Raw umber
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Fawn
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

Chalk
9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.4:1

Tan
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Putty
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1

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

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Artist: Victor Hugo
French, Besançon 1802–1885 Paris
Date: 1857
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Brush and iron gall washes, pen and iron gall ink, white gouache; outline of castle obtained by using a paper stencil
Size: sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/16 in. (47 x 31 cm)
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 44, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Donald Young Foundation Gift, Harry G. Sperling Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey Gift, 2012. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges

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