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The Harvesters by Pieter Brueghel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Brueghel the Elder · 1565

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Palette

Bistre
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.1:1
Dark ochre
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Raw umber
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Pale stone
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Cinnamon
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Stone
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1

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
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels
Date
1565
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on oak
Size
Overall, including added strips at top, bottom, and right, 46 7/8 x 63 3/4 in. (119 x 162 cm); original painted surface 45 7/8 x 62 7/8 in. (116.5 x 159.5 cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Brown · lightness 47, colourfulness 25

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919. 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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