Merry Company on a Terrace

Jan Steen · ca. 1670

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Soot
49% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.9:1

Sepia
40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.2:1

Tan
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Fawn
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

Biscuit
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1

Pewter
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

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

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Artist: Jan Steen
Dutch, Leiden 1626–1679 Leiden
Date: ca. 1670
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 55 1/2 x 51 3/4 in. (141 x 131.4 cm)
Period: 17th century
Themes: Dogs · Music and dance
Main colour: Brown · lightness 25, colourfulness 12

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 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

Merry Company on a Terrace

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