Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustave Moreau · 1864

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Lamp black
31% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.6:1

Bistre
26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.1:1

Iron
25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.7:1

Olive brown
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Tan
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Umber
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.4:1

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Artist: Gustave Moreau
French, Paris 1826–1898 Paris
Date: 1864
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 81 1/4 × 41 1/4 in. (206.4 × 104.8 cm)
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 22, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William H. Herriman, 1920. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Oedipus and the Sphinx

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