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The Toilette of Venus by François Boucher

The Toilette of Venus

François Boucher · 1751

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Palette

Iron
 54% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Smoke
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Warm grey
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Pale stone
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1
Lamp black
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.3:1
Dark ochre
 0% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

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
François Boucher
French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris
Date
1751
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
42 5/8 x 33 1/2 in. (108.3 x 85.1 cm)
Period
18th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
Grey · lightness 40, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920. 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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