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Irises by Vincent van Gogh

Irises

Vincent van Gogh · 1890

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Palette

Pearl grey
 48% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.5:1
Steel blue
 15% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1
Celadon
 12% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.7:1
Ash
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Pewter
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Slate blue
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

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
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise
Date
1890
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers · Still life
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 70, colourfulness 10

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Adele R. Levy, 1958. 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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