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The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur

The Horse Fair

Rosa Bonheur · 1852–55

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Palette

Bistre
 46% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.6:1
Raw umber
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1
Bronze
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Smoke
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1
Putty
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1

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
Rosa Bonheur
French, Bordeaux 1822–1899 Thomery
Date
1852–55
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Black · lightness 33, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887. 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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