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Wheat Fields by Jacob van Ruisdael

Wheat Fields

Jacob van Ruisdael · ca. 1670

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Palette

Smoke
 37% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Bistre
 24% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.2:1
Stone
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Blue-grey
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Olive brown
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1
Lamp black
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.7:1

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
Jacob van Ruisdael
Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Amsterdam
Date
ca. 1670
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
39 3/8 x 51 1/4 in. (100 x 130.2 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Landscapes · Work and rural life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 41, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. 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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