InspiredBy
✨ Surprise ♡ 0
  1. Home
  2. Artists
  3. Paul Cézanne
  4. Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses by Paul Cézanne

Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses

Paul Cézanne · ca. 1890

View at The Met ↗

Palette

Peacock
 39% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.3:1
Charcoal
 34% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.4:1
Pearl grey
 17% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1
Copper
 4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.6:1
Green earth
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

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
Paul Cézanne
French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence
Date
ca. 1890
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Still life
Main colour
Teal · lightness 46, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Works that share this palette

Search by colour

The closest palettes among 5004 works, by average colour distance between the two palettes.

Skiffs, Gustave Caillebotte Skiffs Gustave Caillebotte, 1877 Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir Alfred Sisley Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876 Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, Workshop of Paolo Veronese Saint Jerome in the Wilderness Workshop of Paolo Veronese, 1585–90 The Baptism of Christ, Paris Bordone The Baptism of Christ Paris Bordone, c. 1535/1540 First houses Narrative, Charles Yale Harrison : Directed by Eugene Roder, Estelle Levine First houses Narrative, Charles Yale Harrison : Directed by Eugene Roder Estelle Levine, [1936] Icebound, John Henry Twachtman Icebound John Henry Twachtman, c. 1889

More by Paul Cézanne

Artist page and colour fingerprint
Study for L'Autopsie, Paul Cézanne Study for L'Autopsie Paul Cézanne, 1867/69 L'Estaque, Paul Cézanne L'Estaque Paul Cézanne, 1870/1872 Figure Studies Over an Etching of an Ornamental Vase, Paul Cézanne Figure Studies Over an Etching of an Ornamental Vase Paul Cézanne, 1870/72 The Plate of Apples, Paul Cézanne The Plate of Apples Paul Cézanne, c. 1877 Auvers, Panoramic View, Paul Cézanne Auvers, Panoramic View Paul Cézanne, 1873–75 Sketchbook No. 2 (L'Estaque), Paul Cézanne Sketchbook No. 2 (L'Estaque) Paul Cézanne, 1875–86

More like this by theme

All still life
Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth, Martin Johnson Heade Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth Martin Johnson Heade, 1885–95 Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), Charles Ethan Porter Untitled (Cracked Watermelon) Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890 Still Life with Peonies, Paul Gauguin Still Life with Peonies Paul Gauguin, 1884 Thistles, John Singer Sargent Thistles John Singer Sargent, 1883–89 Still Life: Melon, Fish Jar, Imitator of Vincent van Gogh Still Life: Melon, Fish Jar Imitator of Vincent van Gogh, c. 1888 Still Life, Hugo Charlemont Still Life Hugo Charlemont, 1883