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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin · ca. 1733–34

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Dark chocolate
81% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.4:1

Walnut
10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.1:1

Iron
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1

Cinnamon
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Raw umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Caramel
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

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

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
French, Paris 1699–1779 Paris
Date: ca. 1733–34
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 24 7/8 in. (61 x 63.2 cm)
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 13, colourfulness 10

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wentworth Fund, 1949. 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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