Haystacks: Autumn

Jean-François Millet · ca. 1874

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Palette

Tan
40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Smoke
26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1

Olive brown
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1

Putty
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1

Sand
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1

Lamp black
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.0:1

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: Jean-François Millet
French, Gruchy 1814–1875 Barbizon
Date: ca. 1874
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 33 1/2 x 43 3/8 in. (85.1 x 110.2 cm)
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Work and rural life
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 50, colourfulness 21

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules