The Third-Class Carriage

Honoré Daumier · 1864

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Dark chocolate
72% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.2:1

Walnut
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.3:1

Umber
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1

Bronze
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Khaki
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Pine
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 12.8:1

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: Honoré Daumier
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois
Date: 1864
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 25 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (65.4 x 90.2 cm)
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 12, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Third-Class Carriage

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